Re: I knew that----
Like everyone else who has ever occupied the White House, Lincoln was a politician. He had to pay lip service, at least, to the radical wing of the Republican Party of his day, just as Bush has had to do with the radical wing of the Republican Party of today. If that makes Lincoln a hypocrite, it makes Bush and every other president a hypocrite. For better or for worse, it's what a president has to do to get elected and reelected. It's just the way our electoral system works.