Best Generals in US History?

[JMadonna]

(10-15-2012 06:22 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I was friends with the late-author, Gene Smith, who wrote American Gothic about the Booth family. He also wrote on Andrew Johnson. I never read his book, but I do recall that he was a tad sympathetic to the president in some conversations that we had.

Dang, I didn't know he died. I enjoyed his books.

One thing I found interesting about Johnson was how he prepared the ground for his impeachment. Bill Clinton used exactly the same techniques and even the same phrases that Johnson did.

Johnson had his 'johnson haters' just as Bill had 'clinton haters'. Johnson blamed all his problems on an out of control congress, as did Bill. Johnson demonized his accusers like Sumner and Stevens (even advocating that they be hanged), Bill demonized his 'white trash' women, Ken Starr and others.

To me it was lke deja-vu all over again.