ok so bear me out. President Lincoln gets shot by an assassin, but the bullet merely severs the connection between his left and right brain. So the man lives but slowly becomes more and more twisted. Can you imagine a racist Lincoln. Dear god man what a travesty of nature, but ah think of the story possibilities. Do the people just go along with a slowly degenerating president or do some revolt. Maybe his inner circle decides it is better to off him. All the while his changed policies are running amok within a newly unified America. Think about the utter depths of depravity one could take such a cherished American hero, while at the same time portraying the same beliefs he stood for in an entirely different way