Things Lincoln never said

[Gene C]

That's the very point that I have been trying so long to make about the "Lincoln" movie. People are going to "weight" the source of information when they have so many choices to make as to credibility on any given subject. A Spielberg movie on "Lincoln"? That will be the Gold standard. movie.

You are right. This wasn't a documentry, although many people treat it like one. He took some poetic license. Like the scene in Jurasic Park, where the dinosaur eats the lawyer who is in the outhouse. It didn't really occur the way it was portayed on the screen. He probably just used a little poetic license.
(no offense intended to you lawyers out there)