Summer 2004 Contrarian’s Notebook

In Hal Holbrook's one-man stage portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War President polls his cabinet members on the wisdom of a proposed emergency measure. As Lincoln goes around the table, each cabinet member votes “No” to the President's proposal.

“Well, gentlemen,” Lincoln announces when they're finished, “it looks like the ‘ayes' have it.”

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