I am a slow walker, but I never walk backward
Paul Spears on Abraham Lincoln.
What if Lincoln would have been subject to the tyranny of opinion polls? Clearly, Lincoln made mistakes as he conducted the war against the Confederacy, but he did not let these mistakes sway his principle convictions. It was these principles that allowed him to continue forward even though the United States during the early part of the war was beset by one setback after another. Cleary, if Lincoln presidency would have been subject to public opinion polls during the early part of the Civil War much of the results would have been negative, but it is obviously the case that much of the public held wrong beliefs about slavery and the handling of the war.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:57 PM
What does Lincoln, our first “Gay” President, and our Civil War in this country over 160 years ago have to do with this Inmoral unconstitutional and damming War have in common except for the killing. Remember it was Republicans that force Truman not to run for a second term because of his War, it was Republicans that stop Johnson from running for a second term because of his war. But is not a true republican like Reagan who knew better that to get involed in a war in the middle East even after the killing of hundreds of our Solders in Lebanon.