(January 2, 2021 at 11:18 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(January 2, 2021 at 8:55 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You didn't say 'elected president', you said 'won the election'. Johnson won the election for vice-president."Johnson won the election for vice-president." I see you agree. But let's not gang up on you, shall we?
But that's a doddle. The practical point is that a racist, pro-slavery Southerner became president in 1865. Does it really matter whether he was elected to that office or simply ascended to it?
Boru
Which means a Southerner ‘won the election in 1864’. We don’t have to wonder what would have happened. We KNOW what happened.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
