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You had a feeling president obama was a reaching almost to that point but i still think at the memorial service it wasn't the night for anger, it was the night for consolation. but anger probably should come forward. there's a room for it in public life. it also mobilizes people as well sorrow and good words do. >> no doubt about it and there is nothing wrong with and nothing more powerful than righteous anger when used at appropriate times. i would say certainly in the movie it was used at an appropriate time as it was in lincoln's life. and if this is the no the appropriate time for politici...

Our deeds make those lives worthwhile. and that was the general tone of president obama's address. i don't think he had to go into the specifics. i think he had to make sure i have a lot of power, i'm going to use that power, exactly as lincoln says in the movie, i'm clothed with immense power, you get this 13th amendment passed and then in the days that follow you follow up with what you're going to do about video games, about gun control, the internet, et cetera. i think the tone of it was absolutely pitch perfect. >> doris, it's john holliman. one of the things that's most amazing about the...

Ground with his son and yet along with george washington, this regular man who struggles with things that so many of us struggle with, one of the great presidents. >> one of the great presidents. and not the greatest looking president in our history. i mean, i mean, because the camera wasn't around, it made it a little bit easier to get him elected, you know? >> here's what "time" magazine editor at large, a lincoln expert himself writes in the latest issue: "lincoln understood that even if times of extreme polarization the moderate center is the path to presidential success, was then and is n...

Characteristics that lincoln represents, patience, strategic delay, are things that in our society now, we would castigate a candidate for. you're slow to make decisions. you change your mind all the time. it's unfortunately -- and i think it's relevant for both candidates -- there are as sppe we see in the movie from lincoln that candidates do now because they would be criticized for having lack of leadership. >> for complete synergy, the film is based in part on doris kerns goodwin's book "team of rivals" about lincoln. and doris writes in the latest issue of "time" how abraham lincoln was a...

The new york riots. this is a president that had to stare down enemies on all sides. >> true. >> the other thing that the movie does is that all of these characteristics that lincoln represents, patience, strategic delay, are things that in our society now we would castigate a candidate for you're slow to make decisions, you change your mind all the time. it's one of those -- unfortunately and i think it's relevant for both candidates, there are aspects that we see in the movie from lincoln that candidates cannot do now because they would be criticized for having lack of leadership. >> and for...