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Obama Compares Himself to Lincoln

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    President draws parallel between his and Lincoln’s critics

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-- -- democracy.

Is always a messy business in a big country like -- We're -- Got a lot of points of view.

We kind of romanticize sometimes what democracy is to be like but when you listen to what.

The federal -- about.

Anti federalists -- the names Jefferson called Hamilton and back and forth -- -- -- -- -- Lincoln they're great to talk about him.

Almost -- -- talk about me.

So -- democracy has never been for the faint of heart.

You've got to get involved and get engaged in -- folks -- throwing elbows and and that's always been the way American democracies has function.