What would Lincoln say about the present day elections for President for 2016?

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(02-20-2016 07:17 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(02-20-2016 12:30 PM)Gene C Wrote:  My wife was very surprised about the things the press said about her during and following the election.

I don't want to comment on US politicians nor what Lincoln would have thought, but about journalists, he allegedly said the following (to Mrs. Wells):
"That is to say, they 'lie', and then they 're-lie'." (F. Carpenter: "Six Months...", p.156)

I always believed that they were supposed to be objective reporters of the news, not the news makers themselves.