Because apparently Lincoln supported a national bank and passed an income tax. And the logical conclusion for these dunderheads is that Lincoln would’ve supported an $800 billion porkfest. Gotcha.

Obama’s situation is different from Lincoln’s, as is the political environment. But historians say their responses to their crises bear striking parallels.

“Both Lincoln and Obama advocated big government and actively believed it could do good,” said Timothy Roberts, professor of American history at Western Illinois University in Moline, Ill.

“The size and complexity of the situation facing Obama would have baffled Lincoln, but he would have embraced Obama’s attempt to balance tax cuts — intended to encourage individual initiative and entrepreneurship — and government spending,” Roberts said.

Okay, stop. The man who saved the union, fighting and winning a civil war, would’ve been baffled by a recession that we’ll be out of by next year? Am I reading that correctly?

Lincoln favored a more active government during financial difficulty. And his party favored publicly financed internal improvements — especially for building the nation’s transportation system through canals and railroads. And the first income tax was passed during the Civil War…

Could Obama have taken note? The president’s stimulus proposal to fix the economy calls for massive government spending.

And, of course, that means Lincoln would’ve pushed for $600 million for a heritage trail, half a million for a single dog park, $30 million to help harvest mice, and the other countless instances of pork in this bill. Good Lord.