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After William Seward lost the 1860 presidential nomination to Abraham Lincoln, he sent his closest political ally and supporter for the previous three decades, Thurlow Weed, to check out the new nominee. Upon his return to New York, Weed look Seward in the eye and said: "Abraham Lincoln is the best man I ever met."

1,313 posted on 07/06/2003 1:32:29 PM PDT by Grand Old Partisan (You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)

[GOP] After William Seward lost the 1860 presidential nomination to Abraham Lincoln, he sent his closest political ally and supporter for the previous three decades, Thurlow Weed, to check out the new nominee. Upon his return to New York, Weed look Seward in the eye and said: "Abraham Lincoln is the best man I ever met."

Thurlow Weed, a corrupt New York political operative, after meeting Lincoln for the first time, reported him to be the best man he ever met.

Oh well, I guess its better than Clinton after he was met for the first time by Paula Jones.