And lincoln is like john kerry
"He actually voted for it before he voted against it (slavery)" LOL
You do a profound disservice to the man.
Lincoln, as he so plainly stated, did whatever he could to preserve the Union. If that meant preserving that noxious and entirely toxic institution where it already existed in order to forestall secession he was for that.
After the bullets were flying anyway, as early as 1862 he was moving towards eradicating that divisive vileness everywhere it existed.
Birdwatcher
