Great but Imperfect Leaders

American Thinker.com ^ | October 6, 2020 | P.F. Whalen

[Kaslin]

America has been blessed with some of the most dynamic and impressive leaders in world history: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, to name a few. But none of them were perfect people. Criticism of many of our past leaders has increased dramatically over the last few years, particularly our Founding Fathers, and the driving force behind that criticism is the positions they held on slavery.

While most of today’s militant left has diverted their attention from tearing down statues of historic leaders to burning down courthouses and churches, they will surely be coming back for more. We must remember how absurd their actions had become, and consider that in late-June they went so far as to bring down a statue of Ulysses S. Grant. Evidently the logic of those rioters was to ignore the fact that Grant was largely responsible for winning the Civil War, thereby ending slavery. Grant was a white man, and apparently that was the only justification the rioters needed.

Carefully examining the deeds and misdeeds of leaders such as Jefferson and Washington through the prism of 21st-century enlightenment, it now becomes clear to the Left that our Founders were bad people. We must loudly reject this narrative. To illustrate the point, let’s consider some of the similarities between two U.S. presidents George Washington and Jimmy Carter. (Now there’s a sentence we don’t see every day.)

Jimmy Carter was our nation’s 39th president, and very few people even try to pretend that his presidency was an effective one. Instead, a common talking point from Democrats nowadays is this: Jimmy Carter may not have been a very good president, but he’s been a terrific ex-president, referring to his charitable works.

[Little Ray]

King David was a bit of an @$$hole but a great leader and favored by God.