A Chat with Abraham Lincoln

There is a site that allows you to chat with Abraham Lincoln.  I tried it out.  This is how the first part of our conversation went (I edited the grammatical errors):

AL: Well, hello there.  My, what a fine day.  What would you like to know about?
Me: What do you think of Obama?  (I couldn't really think of anything else to say.)
AL: He is a fine young man.
Me: But he's a Democrat.
AL: I was a Republican.
Me: Exactly.
AL: Can you explain it to me better?
Me: You were a Republican and our current president is a Democrat.
AL: I was a Republican.