Abe Lincoln vs. Barack Obama

Again for the record, I dont actually believe Obama > Lincoln, im just being the devils advocate on this one like I was on the last one. "He was president in a time of crisis"Obama became president at a time of crisis to.... In 2009 Obama came into office right as the worst recession since the Great Depression was ravaging the world, and on top of that there was also instability in the Middle East with Israel and Iran, North Korea was causing hell with nuclear tests of their own, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were still raging on, and the national debt was just exploding.... "Over four years he worked magic most people could not to hold the northern Union together"I dont consider suspending basic Constitutional Rights and creating a sh*tload of new taxes (namely income taxes) to be considered 'working magic' to hold the union together.... http://www.slate.com...http://www.history.com..."all while getting Congress together to vote to abolish slavery and managing the American Civil War at the same time"What do you mean by 'together'? Congress consisted entirely of Republicans who were always behind Lincoln no matter what he did, and he could have Congress do anything since there werent any conservatives to oppose him (Since they left Congress once the South seceded from the union) Congress literally consisted only of Lincoln's own party, there wasnt any 'together' in the equation. "When Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, which announced the freedom of all slaves in the United States"Youre thinking of the Emancipation Proclamation.... The Gettysburg address commissioned the creation of Arlington National Cemetery for army veterans.http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org...https://en.wikipedia.org...Furthermore the emancipation proclamation didnt actually free the slaves in the states that Lincoln was in control of. "The Proclamation did not apply to the five slave states that were not in rebellion, nor to most regions already controlled by the Union army; emancipation there would come after separate state actions and/or the December 1865 ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment" - https://en.wikipedia.org..."He was president when the transcontinental railroad was completed.... He supported the Homestead Act..... and then signed the Morill Act"Lincoln wasnt president when the Transcontinental railroad was completed, Grant was president (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com...)"Lincoln obviously supported for and fought for the liberation of slaves in the United States"Not for those in states already under his control.... Also Lincoln didnt even think that blacks should be able to vote and actually believed that all of them should go back to Africa once the Civil War ended http://www.history.com..."Abe made sure that the leaders and those who associated with the Confederacy were not harmed, hurt, or punished in any way."Actually Johnson had to do that for him since Lincoln was shot just days after the Civil War ended.... =================================================================Lincoln vs Obama:1) Lincolns election led to the secession of several states from the Union and caused a Civil War2) Obama's election did not3) When Lincoln was president the economy of the South was completely torn apart and uprooted4) When Obama became president not much changed5) Lincoln thought that blacks and whites shouldnt be politically equal6) Obama did7) Lincoln thought it would be best for all blacks to go back to Africa8) Obama did not think that ^9) Lincoln suspended basic Constitutional Rights for countless american citizens during the Civil War10) Obama did not11) Obama came out in support of Same Sex Marriage while we can conclude that Lincoln probably didnt support it either "And I must conclude my 2nd round by asking my opponent's opinion on who he thinks is the best president?"Washington