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How more than more than any other president, Abraham Lincoln shapes our idealized conception of the presidency
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I want our viewers to read a fabulous piece you have it folks he's dot com on the president Lincoln.
Coinciding with the release all of the new Lincoln.
Movie what what's the gist of -- peace for -- Is it that -- evidence that probably no president more than Abraham Lincoln sort of symbolizes -- -- right -- idea what -- president is -- sort of austere lonely figure with a moral purpose to only have as of her heroic tragic elements -- now.
Not every president has lived up to that -- is saying.
But it's sort of what we think of the president think this movie reminds us that simultaneously Lincoln was a war leader pushing through to victory in in the civil war ending slavery.
-- at the same time he was.
Legislatively.
Tried to push the thirteenth amendment ending slavery through that the congress behind and using sort of smooth you.
Low down tactics to get there he -- makes clear enough.
And yet again and even the greatest leader has to prove he can get things done in -- in the real world.
And then third his third part of the story is the family you know he had a very challenging -- Who lost 200 children to disease and was terrified of the thought of losing her third son to the war itself meanwhile the son -- to go fight.
And the any other kind of problems that every family confronts during wartime -- Many managed to do at all and obviously become a great president or -- let's -- -- Florida.
They probably won't be any day now Florida got to come -- drilling and that it was.
Perfect note on which to end of what is the day bizarre and -- Wii controllers didn't think did you hear against.
Thank you very much and Jim of course you can see Saturday's and Sunday's triple PM eastern on FOX News Watch posted by Jones -- dominated by Jim Pinkerton.
Wonderful to see you both have a great weekend and get some rest will do it all again next week as we well -- towards the fiscal cliff.
