Post-Reconstruction was a trying time for the United States. The country had been torn apart, and it would take a miracle worker to put it bakc together. With Lincoln's assasination, that seemed all the more impossible. Johnson's problems with Congress just made it worse. Something similar is going on today. Aren't parrallels amazing?
After The Civil War, everyone was gun-ho about Lincoln's plan. It got essentially what everyone wanted. Unfortuneatly, it died with him. In his place, we have Johnson. He took power into his own hands and let the Southern states off scot free. This caused some serious issues with Congress.
Congress, in return for Johnson's abuse of power, took apart everything he did, and did it their way. From then on in, Johnson and Congress went out of their way to make each other's lives miserable. Any bill they proposed the other side struck down. Congress even tried to have Johnson impeached. It didn't work, but it show you just how much they hated each other.
Currently, we have a similar situation. It's essentially wartime, and Congress and the Preident pretty much hate each other, although for relatively different reasons. This time around, they hate each other because the majorit of Congress is Democrat, and Bush is Republican. This causes a lot of problems based on priciple, even more on actual issues.
The parrallels are running rampant here. We have two Congresses, and two Presidents. Both groups hate each other for real or imagined mistakes that the other made. Both have done stupid things, and both would do just about anything to trip the other up, although we haven't quite gotten to impeachment with Bush. (Who knows, it might be around the corner. Then how close would the parrallels be, hmmmm?)
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Ellen, I like how you wrote your blog. Interesting in comparing Johnson and Congress with Bush and Congress. With all the info going on about Obama and McCain, I honestly had forgotten about all the disagreements between our current president and Congress. It's like these people are kindergardeners and don't know how to get along, and they need someone else to teach it to them. Really sad. But nicely written.
ELLEN!
WOW I ENJOY READING YOUR BLOG. I ALSO LIKE HOW YOU WROTE YOUR BLOG.THAT WAS CREATING HOW YOU COMPARED CONGRESS VS THE PRESIDENT. I LIKE HOW YOU STATED IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE FOR WORKERS TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. WHEN I SAY PUT BACK TOGETHER I MEAN SINCE THE COUNTRY BEEN TORN APART, IT WOULD BE HARD AFTER LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. I DIDN'T KNOW EVERYONE WWAS GUN-HO ABOUT LINCOLNS PLAN. THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW TO ME.BUT JOHNSON BECAME PRESIDENT AND STARTED TAKING THINGS IN HIS OWN HANDS AS YOU HAD MENTION. BUT I THINK JOHNSON DIDNT GET AS FAR AS LINCOLN DID. EVEN THOUGH INCOLN HAD MANY MORE PLANS AT LEAST HE HAD ALREADY GOT SOME OF THEM ACCOMPLISHED. BUT ELLEN I REALLY ENJOY READING YOUR BLOG. IT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.AS I WAS READING I THOUGH I WAS IN THAT TIME. WONDERFUL JOB!
Hey Ellen. I really enjoyed reading your blog. I was nicely written. I like how you compared Lincol, Johson, and bush. I was very interesting. I never took the time out and actually seen how our president and congress now is bumping heads. By reading your blog I really learned something new. Well done.
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