@coldjoint,
The problem is with today's Teapublicans, Lincoln would be excommunicated for being too progressive . So would Grant, Teddy the Rex, Taft, Hoover, Eisenhower, and very possibly Reagan. Even Nixon would be suspect, after all he created the EPA with the clean air and water act.
What today's Teapublicans prefer is the overt buffoonery of Trump Me and Scott "I don't know and I'm proud of it" Walker.
Teapublicans don't like book larning, that might lead them to knowledge, facts and "Gasp" truth. Sadly that is the last thing that Teapublicans of today desire.
Rap