I have a female friend who once told me that she had a HUGE crush on Abraham Lincoln when she was a kid. Her room was adorned with pictures of good old Honest Abe instead of tear out posters from Teen Bop or the latest movie star craze. I found this absolutely fascinating and strangely cool, and inquired what is was about Abe that gave her these feelings of butterflies, adoration and all around googoo gaagaa-ness.
She said that she's just into guys with big noses.
OK. Not really the answer I was looking for, but the fact that she FELT something for Abraham Lincoln, even as a kid, was neat to me. Ever since that fateful day, I have looked at Abraham Lincoln in a different way. I realized then and continue to realize that I DO have feelings for Abe, and I might even know why.
First off, he is a hugely recognizable character. I have never met someone who couldn't recognize Abraham Lincoln. Granted, I rarely open a conversation with his portrait in tow and the question on my lips, but perhaps I should from now on! I might be able to avoid some sticky situations this way.
Abe also did a lot for this country. Everyone knows what the Emancipation Proclamation is and everyone knows that he saw our great Nation through it's most bloody and brutal war. If you don't know what war I am talking about then just don't bother ever talking to me again. Seriously! Another crisis averted all because of Abe.
Abraham Lincoln was really smart and really funny all at the same time. I mean, looking through some of his most famous quotes makes me wish that he could have run the country and been a writer on SNL simultaneously.