Best Generals in US History?

[JMadonna]

(10-14-2012 07:32 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I can understand Johnson being a little slow to answer the door late at night. As someone who frequently falls asleep in front of the TV or while reading a book, it
takes me ZZZZzzzz......while to wake back up to got to bed. (If George was supposed to kill Johnson, do you think Booth or George would want a female there to witness the murder....the gunshot would be quite loud, and so would "the visitor's" scream. - I just don't see it happening that way) As popular as Johnsone was, information regarding a "lady of the evening" visiting Johnson that night would certainly have come out during the impeachment hearings.

Do we know how Johnson was dressed when the govenor came to his door and woke him up? Had anyone "in the know" indicated that Johnson was not alone when Gov Farwell came to the door?

Also...with the war over, I thought they discontinued issuing passes, but if not they were not that difficult to get.

First of all, Johnson was a notorious night owl and for him to be in bed at 9:30 in the evening when the rest of Washington was partying and drinks flowing is highly unusual behavior for him.

Secondly, Ella's job was to keep the door unlocked for Johnson's assassin. Booth didn't care what happened to the assassin or Ella after the trigger was pulled.

Thirdly, sexual dalliances in Washington were never talked about in Washington until the 1980s. Since it was so prevalent all were obliged to look the other way.

Lastly, passes were not discontinued. Lincoln wrote one himself just before he went to the theater that night. To cross the Navy Yard Bridge you needed one from a political "higher authority".