Well noted larry. The bulk of the mainstream media is indeed extremely biased to the more extreme left. There can be no doubt about that. Thats why a lot of the good news that ocurs is always painted negatively by CNN, NBC, CBS (C BS), ABC and MSNBC.
An example of this is clearly noted during the 2004 elections. Literally if one chose to watch the communist news network CNN or any of the aforementioned media outlets you would have thought that GDB could not possibly be reelected.
It must have been a major shock to those who really do only view the left leaning media. I have to watch both since my significant other suffers from liberal disease.
You are so right about Lincoln. That poor man had a lot more grief to put up with than G Dubya will ever have to take.
Lincoln was often depressed and its not hard to see why based on all the crap he took from his political enemies.