The Reputation of Presidents Takes a Hit in Their Second Term

[AussieMick]

I came across a comparison of Lincoln with Michael Collins, Irish statesman who was shot (bullet to the head) in 1922. 100 years ago this month.

https://www.theirishstory.com/2017/08/19...w17-XZBzIX

"He might have cited the parallel between himself and Abraham Lincoln, the American President during that country’s civil war. Like Collins, Lincoln’s enemies characterised him as a ‘tyrant’ and like Collins, Lincoln did take all the measures he felt necessary to win the Civil War and save the Union. In 1861 for instance, he too suspended habeus corpus, imposed censorship and military courts and shut down the legislatures of ‘disloyal’ states such as Maryland."

The 1996 Liam Neeson film "Michael Collins" is very good , IMO. I was surprised that Collins was only 32 when killed. Reading what he accomplished in such a short life one wonders what he could have achieved if he'd lived to re-build Ireland after "their" Civil War.

The next link tells Collins life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYj5kaw01Q

the next is an excuse for me to include a fine song (based upon a real event) from Ireland that always brings tears ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Oi7CdBc78