LOL, why yes. Just did some reading on Babcock and I didn't realize that even after all that the Whiskey Ring brought, that Grant still appointed him as Chief Inspector of Lighthouses or something like that.
No, Grant was a straight arrow < /sarcasm>
19 posted on 07/06/2003 6:47:17 PM PDT by billbears
(Deo Vindice)
Just did some reading on Babcock and I didn't realize that even after all that the Whiskey Ring brought, that Grant still appointed him as Chief Inspector of Lighthouses or something like that.
"LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician." - Ambrose Bierce