Abraham Lincoln: Honest Abe

Lincoln Dept: Brilliantly depicted by Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg's new film, Abraham Lincoln was a wise visionary, a man of character, strength and humour, who dedicated himself to abolishing slavery and preserving the union of the United States, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Moviegoers not up on their American history will be forgiven for thinking Lincoln, a compassionate human-rights champion and an advocate of strong government action, was a Democrat. How could such a leader who fought for social justice and literally risked his life to defend the rights of enslaved Africans belong to the political party whose most recent presidential nominee insisted 47 per cent of Americans who happen to vote for the other party are entitled slackers who are dependent upon government handouts? Not to mention other members of this same party who believe there is such a thing as "legitimate rape" and argue being gay is form of "bondage." Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's new film, Lincoln. He was also a Republican. That's right: Lincoln and Mitt Romney belonged to the same political party. Moreover, if Honest Abe had voted in the recent election, there is no doubt he would have deserted his own party and cast his ballot for Barack Obama and the Democrats, the party that most resembled his own thinking -- though his had a 19th-century slant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.