[central_va]

No. I don’t. I think things would have been much better if he had lived. If for no other reason than he would have had to have cleaned up his own mess. Andrew Johnson would have never been President. And rather than endure this sort demigod mystique we’ve had to ever since as a result of his assassination, we would have a more objective writing of history.

I agree with everything you just posted. Nice handling of the stock troll question too.

[RKBA Democrat]

“Nice handling of the stock troll question too.”

Thanks. There are a lot of tyrant lincoln apologists on this website. Probably stems from the fact that he was the first one elected on the republican ticket.

Unfortunately, the history from that time also tends to be dominated by lincoln veneration. One of the spoils of victory is that your side gets to spin the history.