Why Lincoln "sucked" ...

By SEAN TRAINOR on August 20, 2010 12:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

... according, that is, to Eric Olsen, creator of the website Why Every President Sucked. Somewhere between charming and cheeky, Olsen's site presents the dark side of all 43 US presidents, complete with (pretty catchy) songs detailing the Commanders'-in-Chief various shortcomings. See below Olsen's tribute to Abe Lincoln's presidential underbelly. 

Thanks to USHistoryBlog.com for its initial post on Olsen's project. Note that the USHistoryBlog post contains some helpful suggestions for how to use Olsen's site in the classroom. 

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