The Democrats in Denver quoted Lincoln, a lot. Remember when Reagan used to quote FDR, Truman, and JFK, and it drove the Democrats nuts? In fact, Fritz Mondale was so exasperated, in 1984, he said, “Cite your own heroes — Harding, Hoover, and Nixon.” I can just hear the sourness with which he said it. And you notice how he skipped Ike (not to mention Lincoln)?

Anyway, Lincoln belongs to us all. And Reagan never stopped loving FDR, a hero of his young adulthood.