Time's Rx: More Politics, More Politicians, More Lincoln Worship

"Lincoln as political strategist is front and center in Steven Spielberg’s new film. He trades votes, dangles patronage, hedges principles and tiptoes on the brink of deceit. He pleads, cajoles and threatens."

~ David Von Drehle, "Lincoln to the Rescue: What the Master Politician of 1862 Can Teach the Presidential Hopefuls of 2012" (Time magazine, Nov. 5, 2012)

"Lincoln was a master politician, which means that he was a consummate conniver, manipulator, and liar."

~ Murray N. Rothbard, "Two Just Wars: 1776 and 1861"

Steven Spielberg must have grown a Pinocchio-sized nose when he announced recently that his forthcoming movie about Lincoln, based on the book Team of Rivals by the confessed plagiarist Doris Kearns-Goodwin, was not a political movie since it will be released after the election (See my LewRockwell.com review of Goodwin’s book entitled "A Plagiarist’s Contribution to Lincoln Idolatry"). Time magazine let the cat out of Spielberg’s bag in its November 5 issue, which is a glowing tribute to politics, politicians, big government, and most of all, to the legend of Abraham Lincoln.

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