Comments on: Who are the worst Americans?

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:09:17 +0000

I’m torn on the Lincolin thing. I can see where you are coming from, but I have studied the Civil War from top to bottom and for several reasons I think his biggest mistake was not recognizing secession as legitimate and not asking congress to declare war on the Confederacy after what happened at Fort Sumter and Norfolk. It would have been much easier then to delay reconstruction and keep captured land as Federal territories for so long as it took to accomplish sharing the tree of liberty with freed slaves. As it was, he viewed them as rebels engaged in insurrection and was mired in all sorts of things (of debateable necessity) that are inconsistent with the constitution, and after the fact, freed slaves were really not much better off than they were prior to the war. It’s one of those things where he won militarily, but the Union ultimately lost the war of ideas at such a horrendous cost.

By: Manuel Lora

Manuel Lora — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:29:51 +0000

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By: Geoffrey Plauche

Geoffrey Plauche — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:26:19 +0000

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By: fahu23

fahu23 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:56:49 +0000

Lincoln #1! Yes! RT @beckychr007: An Austrian Economics schooled libertarian's list of the worst Americans of all time http://bit.ly/aGrmPM

By: IP Freely

IP Freely — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:42:38 +0000

I'd add Curtis LeMay and Robert McNamara RT @DavidSinghiser @libstandard: Who are the worst Americans? http://bit.ly/aYoLyW

By: Brian Martinez

Brian Martinez — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:25:28 +0000

True. Or what about Monroe? He pretty much set the stage for American interventionism.

By: Brian Martinez

Brian Martinez — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:23:18 +0000

Albright is a very good suggestion, Paul. I admit I overlooked the Secretary of State in thinking up my list — there are plenty of choices to be sure!

By: Becky Chandler

Becky Chandler — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:50:34 +0000

An Austrian Economics schooled libertarian's list of the worst Americans of all time http://bit.ly/aGrmPM

By: PaulVahur

PaulVahur — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:55:41 +0000

Madeleine Albright: “I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.”

By: Michael Barnett

Michael Barnett — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:40:59 +0000

McKinley really set the trend for modern American imperialism. I’d toss his ass on the list.