Vile, insipid, propaganda; Gives revisionists a bad name

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2013)

Okay, you LOVE, Lincoln. The person, not the movie. Why? You think he "freed the slaves." You think he gave his life for the abolition of slavery, and was a champion of the equal rights of blacks, and the defender of the Constitution?
Well, then, yes, you'll love this movie just like you loved, "The Wizard of Oz." Reality doesn't make an appearance.
Lincoln in his own words:
"I am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position."
"I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. . ."
Further, Lincoln clearly and openly denied the equality of the races and was of the opinion that the "solution" to slavery was to deport all blacks back to Africa.
Lincoln ordered his military to close down opposition newspapers in the NORTH, and to arrest their editors and publishers. Same with judges. Lincoln ordered the genocide that Sherman rendered upon the South. So much for the Constitution, and 50,000 CIVILIAN deaths ensued. Look it up.
He freed the slaves? Nonsense. Emancipation could have been achieved as it had throughout the world through peaceful means. Lincoln needed the war (Emancipation was, in his own words, a military tactic) in order to decimate the South and prevent any future thought of secession. It was done as it only could have been done, not by Presidential order but by a Constitutional amendment. Besides, the way it was worded, the E.P. actually freed NO ONE.
So, if you liked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, or, The Hobbit, you'll LOVE Spielberg's Lincoln. After all, it was based on the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin.