[DesScorp]

Uh, what is he saying that's wrong? Lincoln did have reporters arrested. He assumed dictatorial powers during the war. He had a sitting Congressman arrested for his speeches, and then sent him to banishment behind Confederate lines.

[achilles2000]

Horowitz falls far short of “knowing his history” regarding Lincoln. Thomas DiLorenzo does a good job of collecting Lincoln’s more interesting dictatorial actions.

[Non-Sequitur]

He had a sitting Congressman arrested for his speeches, and then sent him to banishment behind Confederate lines.

Don't you bother to read your links? It was a former congressman, not a sitting one. Burnside had him arrested, not Lincoln. And when he got to the confederate lines the first thing they did was ship his sorry butt out of town on the first available blockade runner.