Lincoln Poll in USA TODAY

[My Name Is Kate]

Until very recently, it never occurred to me that Lincoln could possibly be anywhere but in the top five best presidents, if not the very best president, and that is not because I know alot about him, or about any of the other presidents. It's just because...well...you know, he kept the Union together, and he abolished slavery (not single-handedly, of course), and he looks like such a kind, sad person, and I had never actually heard anything derogatory about him, (nothing that I found believable, anyway). Foolishly unthinking and trusting reasons, I suppose, but politics isn't something I've given much thought to, also until very recently.

And now that I am beginning to put two and two together regarding how past events relate to events leading up to, and including the present, I almost wish that I could regress to my previous ignorant state (and I think maybe I better stop right there...)