I’ll add that I also don’t believe the often repeated idea that he was an outright bad general. That’s an over correction.

Not only is JFC Fullers “Grant and Lee” one of the better studies of Civil War leadership, but it’s an effective and takedown of Lee as both man and general. And yes, I know Fuller is an absolute piece of shit himself.

What they really want is to be respected no matter how horrible the things are that they defend. They don’t like that anyone without cynical detachment from peoples’ real concerns is allowed to chime in.

And I’m not arguing that things would be the same or whatever, they would obviously be overall better if she had won, but this ain’t the message.

Man I relate to this. It’s like a male elder millennial movie starter pack.

This is a good answer. It makes me feel like I could easily change my answer to Gettysburg for the same reason.

Plenty of others who weren’t McClellan would have tho. It was a campaign designed for the likes of Joe Hooker, for example. Move fast and pitch in, that’s all they needed to do.

The context that’s often lost about this is that the rally was specifically meant to make fun of and outshine the ridiculous rallies Glen Beck was having at the height of his powers.