It appears I'm not alone

In my assessment of the History Channel's Lincoln documentary earlier this week.

The History Channel has a viewer forum, scrolling through the comments, it appears that lots of folks were offended. Here are a few:

"i was intrigued until the Gore Vidal's snipe at the war on terror. Completely uncalled for. An important historical topic ruined by over-the-top political banter that should have been edited out."

"That was just terrible about the snide "War on Dandruff" comment. Thank goodness my children weren't in the room, so I did not have to explain to them about this hateful remark."

Hmmm... I wonder how many students were asked to watch this?

"Disappointed is an understatement. Having gathered the family to watch "Lincoln", we went from being made dizzy by the bizarre film movement to being disgusted by the commentary which presented Lincoln as a mentally ill pervert and homosexual."

"This show evoked utter disgust and disappointment - it pandered to the current PC indulgences of revisionist history and sensationalism. Gore Vidal's comments comparing the war on terror to a war against dandruff were appalling and revealed the author's tenuous hold on reality."

"If my complete knowledge of President Lincoln was limited to your 1/16/06 broadcast I would have to conclude that he was gay, suicidally depressed, married a woman he never loved for purpose of political gain, fixated upon his own death, couldn't handle more than one term in congress due to his "issues"..."

Congrats to the History Channel. Lincoln was assassinated twice. Once on April 14, 1865 and again on January 16, 2005.

There are lots more. I wonder if the gratuitous remarks from Gore Vidal will be edited out of the Saturday re-airing based on the complaints? I predict not.