Bush, The Lincoln Bedroom, and Me
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EmailIn this segment of the PBS special, 'Looking for Lincoln,' premiering on Feb. 11, The Root's Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. gets a White House tour from President Bush and the two men compare the 16th and 43rd presidencies. In other segments, Doris Kearns Goodwin explains how Lincoln co-opted his rivals, and Gates touches the hat of the 16th president.
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It is easy to judge George Bush, but when you compare Lincoln's policy of total war against the Confederacy, you see his actions are pale in comparison. The sad part is the Civil War could have been prevented. Slavery would have died out within 20-25 years without over a million lives (military and civilian) being lost. Lincoln is certainly a man of mixed accomplishments.