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Originally posted by kstar
Johnson and Clinton.
Haven't a clue why I typed Jackson. The nation tended to love Jackson, maybe as part of the "Hero of New Orleans."
Back to the subject, I don't think the age of a quote alone should determine its relevancy. I think that this quote sums it up perrfectly.
That said, I ordered a "disapearing Bill of Rights mug." It's awesome, you fill it up with hot water and your civil liberties disapear. Just like in real life, the US is in a bit of hot water, and we lose rights.
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Those of us who live in remote Oklahoma would consider it "a bit". This is you.
Those of us who live in metropolitan cities that are hubs in all regards for this country, consider it "a lot". This is me.
The people loved Jackson not just because of his "Hero of New Orleans" background but because he was a man of the people. There are anecdotal stories of how he brought "lower class" people into the white house and destroyed the furniture. The people rewarded Jackson for the fact that he brought wholesale slaughter to thousands. He decimated Indian populations (Creek and Seminole), stole land without government approval (Creek and Cherokee), and murdered free blacks (Florida) and then enslaved the remaining blacks. The Trail of Tears (Cherokee) was Jackson's doing. So for that the American people rewarded him. Congress didn't; they censured him and it led to the elimination of certain radicals that would later allow Grant to win over Wade. The censure was almost as bad as impeachment. The hero lost a lot of popularity in New Orleans after he jailed some people under martial law. Johnson had doubts about reconstruction which went against pro-reconstructionist congress. But the doubts weren't the reason; Johnson decided to sack certain people like the secretary of war (tenure of office-later found to be unconstitutional after repeal) and increase the power of the President at the expense of Congress.
-Rudey