George McClellan, the man Lincoln selected to lead the Union army in the early days of the war, once wrote that his boss was “nothing more than a well-meaning baboon” and considered the president his intellectual and moral inferior.
Despite his contempt for Lincoln, McClellan had no choice but to coexist with his commander in chief as the two plotted military strategy with nothing less than the future of a nation at stake.
War and its dogs should come first, for those who would engage. This day brings no shine for either he of the purple lips or for “I voted for him” Gen Stan ..
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It’s good you brought up McClellan.
There’s a stark contrast in the way Lincoln tolerated McClellan’s contempt— only firing him after repeated delays, excuses, and failures and ‘bam’s firing today.
‘bam just fired a capable, though arrogant, general for grumbling.