[wingman1]

Excellent read.

A good read is John C. Waugh's "Reelecting Lincoln - The Battle For the 1864 Presidency". Many parallels between then and now.

[WOSG]

A good read is John C. Waugh's "Reelecting Lincoln - The Battle For the 1864 Presidency". Many parallels between then and now.

You are so right! See my previous post on "Cold Harbor". Lincoln said they could run a war Democrat on a peace platform or a peace Democrat on a war platform and it wouldnt make a bit of difference... so apt for today as well. It really doesnt matter what Kerry and the platform say - they've said anything and everything for political expediency, and will continue that when in office. THAT'S NO WAY TO WIN A WAR.

[Soul Seeker]

Thank you. Copying Book title. "Still, I have to admit to feeling a little uncertain of my disdain for this president when forced to contemplate the principle that might animate his determination to stay the course in a war that very well may be the end of him politically. I have to admit that when I listen to him speak, with his unbending certainty, I sometimes hear an echo of the same nagging question I ask myself after I hear a preacher declaim the agonies of hellfire or an insurance agent enumerate the cold odds of the actuarial tables. Namely: What if he's right?" That paragraph is relating this is a personal struggle for the author. This man is providing an insight into his soul. Reasoning more with himself than with his readers. If reason was the cornerstone of Liberal thought right now I wouldn't be near as irritated as I am with them today. It is the "emotional truth" they parade as reality that convinces they have nothing to offer to this debate. The author touches on his own bias in his professed thoughts but isn't above questioning that reaction. If this author continues in this vein he may make a worthy read from this point forward.