(12-31-2012, 11:03 AM)Laurie Verge Wrote: I have always had a nagging doubt in my mind that Lincoln could have achieved the "perfect" Reconstruction that he (and we) envisioned him having. I base this solely on the whims of the Radicals in Congress.
Perfect - no, but he'd have been helluva lot better at achieving it then Johnson who fought them tooth & nail.
When your campaign slogan is "Hang Thaddeus Stevens" you make our present partisan divide look like a Founders Day picnic.