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RE: It is finally 2021!
January 1, 2021 at 4:22 pm
(January 1, 2021 at 12:28 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Ever wonder what would have happened if a Southerner had won the 1864 election?
Effectively, one did.
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January 1, 2021 at 5:39 pm
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(January 1, 2021 at 5:12 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (January 1, 2021 at 4:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Effectively, one did.
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Eh?
Andrew Johnson, a Southerner, was elected vice-president and served out the great majority of Lincoln’s term. Made a right mess of it, and all.
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RE: It is finally 2021!
January 1, 2021 at 7:13 pm
But he wasn't elected president.
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RE: It is finally 2021!
January 2, 2021 at 8:55 am
(January 1, 2021 at 7:13 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: But he wasn't elected president.
You didn't say 'elected president', you said 'won the election'. Johnson won the election for vice-president.
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?
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RE: It is finally 2021!
January 2, 2021 at 12:09 pm
(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.
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?
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"Johnson won the election for vice-president." I see you agree. But let's not gang up on you, shall we?
Which means a Southerner ‘won the election in 1864’. We don’t have to wonder what would have happened. We KNOW what happened.
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