Yes, I do blame the shooter. He should have given Abe the benefit of the doubt for just four more years. We have all been deprived of those four more years in office. But anyway, that’s the way it went down, and here we are.........
I think four more years of Lincoln in office would have destroyed his place in history as a Demi-God. A lot of people were very unhappy with how many of their friends and relatives who died pursuing his obsession.
But you are still nuts to blame Boothe for the increase in size of the Federal Government. That was pretty much all Lincoln and his legacy.