Some Keepsake Pictures of Our Rulers

A friend sends along this site with some pictures of our rulers, with an especially ridiculous portrayal of Dishonest Abe. It reminded me of how Lincoln Cultist Harold Holzer (Hillary Pal, Mario Cuomo co-author, and director of the Metropolitan Museum)lost it on a CSPAN book program when confronted with a newly-discovered picture of Dishonest Abe.

The photo was of a young Abe, probably when he was a trial lawyer/Illinois political hack/railroad industry lobbyist/state legislator. He looked especially evil and sleazy. It was the kind of look that says, “watch out for this guy, he’s up to no good. Don’t turn your back on him.”

Holzer does not claim to be any kind of expert on photography, but he loudly insisted that the photo could not possibly have been the image of The Great Obfuscator. But anyone watching knew differently. I think this was the same progam where Holzer concluded that “everything that is good in America today is the result of Abraham Lincoln” (a direct quote).

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1:27 pm on March 17, 2008