Booth's Denial of Foreknowledge of the Attack on Seward

[JMadonna]

(12-28-2018 01:46 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  Of course, another serious problem with the "decapitation" theory is that with Stanton left alive, the government would have been anything but decapitated, as shown by the fact that Stanton became the de facto president in the immediate aftermath of Lincoln's death. Even weeks later, Stanton was still practically running the executive branch.

In the immediate aftermath of Lincoln's death, can you show me any incident where Stanton exceeded his authority as Secretary of War and usurped executive powers? It was not until that summer that Johnson and Stanton split politically over the reconstruction issue. From then on Johnson was his own man.

By the time "he finally challenged Stanton and demanded his resignation" Johnson's presidency was such a disaster that it was close to re-igniting the war.

He openly enjoyed making enemies out of people who disagreed with him. He was the kind of man that philosopher Yogi Berra described as "some guys, if they don't know - you can't tell them." I'm sure you know that type of person.