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He was a man of great physical courage and of deep personal sorrow who handled a doomed enterprise honorably. While many former Confederates sniped at him for administrative and military incompetence, history shows what an impossible situation he had been placed in.

That's an amazing statement coming from you. He is the kind of man I would want representing me in Washington, if not Richmond. I like the fact that he would not compromise legislation. He insisted each bill be voted on as it was, with no deals in place.

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He is the kind of man I would want representing me in Washington, if not Richmond.

He was the kind of leader who had no respect for the constitution of his country. I wouldn't want that kind of man representing me anywhere.

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That's an amazing statement coming from you.

The great tragedy of the rebellion is that it attracted not just the dregs of society to its cause, but also many truly gifted and noble souls who should have known much better.

John C. Calhoun - a great but deeply flawed man - was the original Lucifer of the rebellion, and he dragged a number of angels with him.

I like the fact that he would not compromise legislation.

I dislike the fact that he tried to destroy the Union that he had solemnly pledged to defend.

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He is the kind of man I would want representing me in Washington, if not Richmond. I like the fact that he would not compromise legislation. He insisted each bill be voted on as it was, with no deals in place.

If that's true then nothing ever gets done. Maybe that's a good thing much of the time, but there are times when absolute inactivity in government can make real problems. Compromise gets a bad name until you get someone like Davis in power.

BTW, from the original article:

In Kentucky, the Civil War is part of the middle school curriculum. Unless students take an advanced placement history course in high school, that's usually the last time they focus on 19th century American history, said Nayasha Owens-Morton, a U.S. history and African-American history teacher at Bryan Station Traditional High School.

Unbelievable if true.