[Impy]

However, our country has also suffered during administrations that were plagued by poor decisions and scandal. Buchanan’s pre-Civil War inactivity, Harding’s Tea Pot Dome scandal, Grant’s bought-off administration

Tea pot dome scandal aside, Harding was a fantastic President compared to most of his successors and should not pointed to as a failure like that worthless swine Buchanan.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’ve said I’ve always felt bad for Buchanan. He was in an untenable position, with nearly half of his party supporters ready to bolt with secession. He did crack the whip once he no longer had to placate them in the very last part of his term. Had his opponent, Frémont, won in 1856, the war would’ve occurred 4 years earlier and there’s no telling how he would’ve handled it.