[Non-Sequitur]

What you don't understand is that we don't NEED to defend him.

Jefferson Davis ignored the confederate constitution, nationalized industries, siezed private property for government use, shut down newspapers, jailed dissidents, centralized government power in Richmond, and led the confederacy down the path of a destructive war just to mention an few of his crimes. Don't need to defend him? How could you possibly defend him?

[TexConfederate1861]

If I thought it would convince you, I would, but knowing how you are, it would be a waste of my time. Period.

Jefferson Davis did what he did with the approval of the Confederate Congress. And though some things were indeed regretable, he was not the born politician Lincoln was, nor the Dictator.