A deja vu Election?

1864 ~ Lincoln vs McClellan ~ How would you have voted? The Civil War still rages. Sherman is marching through Georgia. The Writ of Habeas Corpus has been suspended and the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves, was formally issued. Meanwhile, casualties are becoming uncountable and the end is not in sight. The Army of the Potomac is now commanded by General U.S Grant. General McClellan was dismissed by Lincoln because of his propensity to keep his army garrisoned. They had had many serious disputes about strategy and objectives. At the Democratic Convention held in Chicago, General McClellan was nominated on a Peace Platform to run against President Lincoln. At that time, most of New York was outspokenly opposed to Lincoln because of his bloody pursuit of the War against the South and also because of his unpopular suspension of civil rights. As a voter, you would surely have known that McClellan was being vigorously supported by the NY Times. Lincoln won, 2,206,938 to 1,803,787 Popular, 212 to 21 Electoral.

<> Isn't it odd that 212 was later to become NYC's Area Code?

2004 ~ Bush vs Kerry ~ How will you vote? On 9.11.01, nineteen Saudi Jihadists hijacked four passenger planes. The first two were flown into our Twin Trade Towers. The third, perhaps headed for the Capitol, crashed in Pennsylvania following a struggle between passengers and terrorists. The fourth plane was rammed directly into the Pentagon. There were casualties by the thousands! Our immediate response was to invade Afghanistan where we routed the Jihadist sheltering Talibans and quickly installed an interim government. Iraq, a potential terrorist sanctuary, was attacked next. Saddam Hussein was captured and an interim regime was later installed there too. Although casualties continue, Afghanistan just held a democratic election and Iraq is scheduled to do so in January. Here, much is being made of our economy and a lapse of our civil rights. Government spending is high and we are in serious deficit. But Bush is determined to stay the course and Senator Kerry, whom the NY Times vigorously supports, says, "Everything this president is doing is wrong! I have "other plans."