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Lincoln’s “Limp” Lincoln’s “Limp”
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Judy Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Abraham Lincoln was a transcendently great American president.  Yet Steven Spielberg’s recently released film Lincoln depicts him as a practitioner of political chicanery and manipulation.  Must an individual be calculating and deceitful in order to be a great leader?