As a Republican elected president by a minority vote, he's been
      ridiculed by political cartoonists, lampooned by journalists, both here and abroad,   
      and denounced for his lack of diplomatic skills.

      He's been called the original "baboon," a Western hick, a played-out
      imbecile, a murderer, a traitor and a destroyer of the Constitution.
      He's been criticized for having trouble putting sentences together and
      for using earthy language.

      A German newspaper took issue with his faith and criticized him for
      "sanctimoniously using Bible quotations instead of intelligent arguments."
       He's been outspoken on the issue of freedom and resolute with a sense of
       destiny. While many around him called for compromise, without consulting
       Congress, he took steps that led to war.
       Would a president like this deserve to be immortalized on a national
       monument like Mount Rushmore?
       He did and he was.

       You thought I was talking about George W. Bush.
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       I'm speaking of none other than the now profoundly revered
       Abraham Lincoln.