tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057646105981087139.post3095262256712699697..comments2024-01-18T04:37:03.214-05:00Comments on Rustbelt Intellectual: The General Vanishes?Tom Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02186723526374103977noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057646105981087139.post-81872867590324367722010-08-17T19:55:22.104-04:002010-08-17T19:55:22.104-04:00Grant had too much personal integrity to identify ...Grant had too much personal integrity to identify with today's Republican Party. I know his administration was tainted with corruption but none was on him personally. He,like Alexander Hamilton, trusted his friends a little more than perhaps he should have. Just the same, he defended the freed former slaves and ended Reconstruction because of political pressure. Shame how the Party of Lincoln has flipped roles with the Dems. I guess it happened when LBJ pushed thru the civil rights laws and lost the Solid South. Seems like the South has been a scourge on this Nation from the beginning....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926050473094596022noreply@blogger.com