Lincoln & Herndon

[LincolnToddFan]

He is my favorite president by far. He fascinates me, the same as outer space or ocean exploration. Sometimes I think it seems almost supernatural how he came to be in office at the time he was..literally the man for the moment. I wish I had known him.

But he was far from perfect as a man or as a politician. And I tend to become extremely irritated with certain Lincoln scholars and fans who are willing to overlook or downplay his warts, while excoriating his wife as some sort of anti-Christ.