tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post3929477684353139262..comments2023-12-24T05:04:37.381-05:00Comments on The Train of Thought: No one could have seen this coming.JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-54961479536540920472008-11-21T15:57:00.000-05:002008-11-21T15:57:00.000-05:00Also that whole, he had to unite anyone who might ...Also that whole, he had to unite anyone who might agree with him in the slightest because, you know, THE COUNTRY WAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR!<BR/><BR/>And even then, it didn't work, and three of the four "rivals" were out of the cabinet in the first term with unpleasant exits.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-35448907763596361822008-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:002008-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:00I think a pretty key part of the Lincoln mythmakin...I think a pretty key part of the Lincoln mythmaking is that the people he chose were qualified, not just "Hey you ran a cut-throat campaign against me, so uh heres a job you know nothing about, go nuts"J.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13390940116612963160noreply@blogger.com