Honest Abe: The OG Truth-Teller
Lincoln's nickname "Honest Abe" wasn't a campaign gimmick - he earned those stripes way back in his Illinois days. As a young lawyer, he built a reputation for being more truthful than a polygraph machine. Taking on cases for the poor and unrepresented also added to his good reputation.
In a world of smooth-talking lawyers, Lincoln was refreshingly blunt.
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