[cowboyway]

[kalee]

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[wideawake]

"Of Lincoln's writings, most have read only the Gettysburg Address. Of Davis's writings, most have read nothing."

Well Davis' writings weren't nearly as pithy or memorable.

He was a man of great physical courage and of deep personal sorrow who handled a doomed enterprise honorably. While many former Confederates sniped at him for administrative and military incompetence, history shows what an impossible situation he had been placed in.

[rockrr]

What a goofy article.

I'm reading through it when along comes this:

Having heard of Kentucky's reputation for "being a little backward," integrated strategic communications senior James Davidson Jr. was not surprised about Davis' statue in the Capitol building.

So who (besides Davidson apparently) thinks Kentucky is "a little backward"? Is that codespeak for not sufficiently politically correct?

It was an awkward and bumbling mechanism but it accomplished what it set out to do, which is set up an excuse to bash and condemn the Jefferson Davis Monument.

Fortunately I doubt that groups like Davidson's will gain enough traction to accomplish their aims...

[purpleraine]

Davis, wasn’t he the vanquished leader of some states that held slaves. My hero!

[Petronski]

"I'll say it this way - winners write history," said Ron Bryant, a Lexington historian writing a book on Davis. "We need heroes, we need villains. Lincoln became a hero and Davis a villain."

Lincoln was a hero, and Davis made himself a villain.

[Clemenza]

Incompetent LOSER who tried to flee the nation he betrayed wearing a woman's cape, I believe.

I hope you folks realize that most folks in the South by the end of the war basically wanted to lynch JD for his incompetent handling of the war and the economy. It was only after he wrote his (heavily exaggerated) memoirs that he was "rehabilitated."

[SeaHawkFan]

Over the last few months, celebrations for Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday have drawn attention to the Kentucky native's life and his legacy as president. But the 200-year anniversary of another Kentucky president's birth, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, is receiving mixed reviews.

Moral of the story is: "Winning is good."

[fella]

Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Davis and his fellow travelers Democrats for the most part?