Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121126:07:48:00
>> i would just say the staining is real. you really do have to deceive. you really do bad things to your soul. if you're a leader, you have to acknowledge that and be aware that you're damaged goods. that's one of the beauties of lincoln. he understood what it was doing to him. it's a corrupting process, but you take on the sins of the country for the good of the country. >> and that's why it matters. >> we also have to take some of the spotlight off of lincoln because people in his own party were disappointed with him. he was tardy on emancipation. there was obviously criticism from the othe...
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