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Gay or not, he was one of the greatest of the Presidents.

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I couldn’t agree more. The more I learn about him, the more impressed I am. His presidency was an amazing achievement.

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Perhaps this should be under the heading of 'my taste' which obviously may not be for everyone, but I firmly believe that in order to be effective, documentaries (which for the record I have not written or worked on) must reveal some essential truth. Yes, if someone is telling lies and/or committing fraud, it's good that such activity is exposed for what it is. But if I were going to be a documentarian, I would want to use that act of exposing as a springboard to revealing essential truths. Challenging? Of course, but so is making any good movie.

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Good point, Doug. That’s why I think these pictures do have merit, as I wrote. I learned about Lincoln and the leftist racists.

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