Booth's Mental health

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Just two points, and then I'm going to fix dinner: Not necessarily referring to people on this forum, but there are definitely people who "hero worship" Mr. Lincoln to the point of turning a blind eye to history. I have met many. Be assured, however, that I personally feel that Americans need to have a tad more hero worship of some of our leaders over the centuries than what they have now. It's pure and simple patriotism to do so. We need more statesmen - with statesman-like qualities to look up to.

Your point about Lincoln not being a military target was, I believe, denied by his own governmental officers who used the points of his being Commander-in-Chief of the military who had come under fire while on the battlefield (Ft. Stevens) and who was actively involved in war matters and ruled from a city under martial law when they justified the creation of the military tribunal in 1865.