Grant and Bush

[Paul Finkelman]

I will try to enlighted Jim; I wrote this in the context of someone 
else's posting about President Grant, comparing Grant's stubborn 
personality and willing to stick with his friends, no matter how corrupt 
they were -- such as Sec. of War Belknap who resigned while the House 
was voting to impeach him.  My point in the rest of the post was the 
Grant's stubborness made him  a great general-- he knew when to continue 
(as well as when to slow down) in battle and that made him the greatest 
general of his age, and maybe in our history.  My point was that perhaps 
President Bush's stubborn personality (which a previous post had 
compared to Grant's) meant that he too might have been a great military 
leader and that he missed his calling by using his father's political 
conntections to get into the National Guard.  So, in that sense, he 
missed the opportunity to excell where his stubborn personality might 
have been useful, if indeed, his skills and personality are like 
Grant's.  I hope you know feel enlightened.

JMHACLJ at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/20/2005 11:29:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> paul-finkelman at utulsa.edu writes:
> 
>     Perhaps "W" missed his calling; instead of using his daddy's
>     connection to get into the national guard, and then going AWOL,
>     maybe he should have joined John Kerry on a Swift boat, or John
>     McCain in a plane, or even Al Gore at the newdesk; then he
>     might have been a leader.  Alas, it was missed opportunity.
> 
> I suppose hidden somewhere deep in this bit of screed there is an 
> observation or comment on constitutional law, but for the life of me all 
> I can find is poorly reflected image of yellow journalism.  Could 
> somebody please enlighten me on the issue that Paul is getting to here?
>  
> Jim Henderson
> Senior Counsel
> ACLJ


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