W is delusional: "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts"

George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish
Friday, January 25, 2008
Fox News
"I [FoxNews guy, Bret Baier] tell you what — he [W] thinks about Lincoln and the tough times that he had during the Civil War. 600,000 dead. The country essentially hated him when he was leaving office. And the President reflects on that."
[quotation lifted from Think Progress. Digby features identical quotation.]

The country hated Lincoln when he was leaving office?

1864 Presidential election:
(note: this was during Civil War, so CSA states did not participate.)

National Union Party (Lincoln/Johnson):
- 212 Electoral votes
Democratic party (McClellan/Pendleton):
- 21 Electoral votes

National Union Party (Lincoln/Johnson):
- 22 states carried
Democratic party (McClellan/Pendleton):
- 3 states carried

National Union Party (Lincoln/Johnson):
- popular vote: 2,218,388 (55%)
Democratic party (McClellan/Pendleton):
- popular vote: 1,812,807 (45%)

Lincoln was assassinated 5 months after the election, 15 Apr 1865, by John Wilkes Booth.

How W has managed to infer from these facts that the country hated Lincoln when he left office is beyond my ken. This goes beyond the standard "magical thinking" worldview typical of W and his Administration, and into the realm of delusion!