[CondorFlight]

Amazing that Grant was a complete failure in life; and sobbed because of it; but four years later he was the savior of his country and the idol of the nation.

[MuttTheHoople]

Turns out, his Presidency was much better than Presidential historians had said even 20 years ago. His commitment to Civil Rights was 100 years ahead of its time.

I believe the stories calling him "The Worst President Ever" were concocted by Democrats (North and South) to justify Jim Crow.