Was Lincoln Wrong?

Abe Lincoln was reputed to have said,"God must have loved poor people because he made so many of them" A modern update might be, "God must have loved gays and Lesbians, because he surely  made a lot them. " The current political rhetoric rules that you cannot believe anything from people whose politics is not yours. If a woman wearing men's clothes runs in saying the house is on fire, a lot of people would want to hear it from a Tea Party" individual. The author of a current book named "Drift" uses her research and reportorial skills to detail astonishing misuse of taxpayer funds. But, does Paul Ryan believe her? Is he not in favor of saving money?Is it the wrong reporter? Wrong money? What is Wrong?