In the New Deal era, liberals honored Lincoln not so much as the self-made man or the great war president, but as the advocate of the common man who they claimed would have supported the welfare state.
ɪnðə nˈuː dˈiːl ˈiəɹə, lˈɪbɚɹəlz ˈɑːnɚd lˈɪŋkən nˌɑːt sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ æz ðə sˈɛlfmˌeɪd mˈæn ɔːɹ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt wˈɔːɹ pɹˈɛzɪdənt, bˌʌt æz ðɪ ˈædvəkˌeɪt ʌvðə kˈɑːmən mˈæn hˌuː ðeɪ klˈeɪmd wʊdhɐv səpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðə wˈɛlfɛɹ stˈeɪt.