Very, very weird. I found myself agreeing with Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo).

[NNadir]

I turned on CSPAN to watch the ceremony for the bicentennial of Ulysses S. Grant at the US Capitol, in front of the Grant Monument, which has been recently restored. To my surprise, one of the speakers was Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo) where the R now clearly stands for "racist" party.

To my surprise, the senator from the racist party, which formally hates African Americans almost as much as it hates women, spoke highly of President Grant for - get this - his actions in Reconstruction, Grant being the last President to work on behalf of African Americans until Lyndon Johnson.

I agreed with Blunt's statement that Grant was one of the greatest Presidents ever to occupy the office. Of course, Blunt took pot shots at the long ago racist Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, but, but, really? Grant? For his work on behalf of African Americans?

Since Blunt is in the position of worshipping the worst racist President since Wilson, the White Supremacist Donald Trump, I can only assume he's lying about his opinion of Grant. A Republican Senator of course, could be referred to as Sen. Roy Blunt (L-Mo) for liar party, or (H-MO) for hypocrite party. He actually criticized the "lost cause" rhetoric that has attached itself to Grant's Presidential reputation, which for a long time has stood below other Presidents.

I'm sure he doesn't take criticism of the "Lost Cause" seriously. He's endorsed racism.

I personally regard, even when he's praised by a racist which Blunt surely is, Grant has having been the second greatest President of the 19th century, since he was one of the first to live up to the American ideals that Lincoln struggled to bring to this country.

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1. Interest post. Interesting on Blunt's take on the "lost cause" rhetoric too.

But wasn't the "lost cause" rhetoric attached to Lee and southerners more than to Grant, who btw, was the better general?

Once Lincoln called him from the western theater and put him in charge of the entire Union army, Lee had no chance as the partnership of generals Grant and Sherman beat the pants off the traitors.

[NNadir]

3. The "Lost Cause" rhetoric elevated Lee - an inferior General to Grant - to justify the "cause..."

of preserving human slavery.

It also attached nonsensical "states rights" claims to the war fought to preserve the "right" to treat human beings as if they were farm animals.

Robert E. Lee was a disgusting man, a traitor to his country, an enthusiastic and brutal slave holder.

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5. Yes, yes. Not the greatest general and a cruel slave holder.

[hlthe2b]

2. I'm pleased that historians have totally reevaluated/reassessed Grant in the past decades

He deserves the stature he is only now receiving. As to Blunt? Well, I have little respect for him, but I can agree on this.

[BeyondGeography]

4. He has better angels

One of those guys who never bucks his base in the end though.