BUSH’S REFERENCE?

I wonder if Mike Gerson and John McConnell were thinking of this wonderful Lincoln quote in their skilled speech: “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.” Lincoln said that in Cleveland, Ohio February 15, 1861, according to an alert reader. If they did, it wouldn’t surprise me. If they didn’t, they’re on the same wavelength as Lincoln. Either way: not too shabby.