Obama has been symbolically linked to Lincoln by the media. If Obama is in office when a civil war starts, then we will be reminded that he is a "Lincoln figure," and Lincoln won the civil war.

And now this film is being distributed on Obama's watch. A piece of fiction will be distributed by a private entity to public schools. Obama, as president, should stop it, but he won't because the distribution will enhance his Lincoln linkage. And then there's the public/private partnership angle, which all good fascists approve of.