Trump PRAISES General Lee at OHIO Campaign Rally = WTF?

[OldLady]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying on the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I was wondering how that came up. Thanks!

 

[caddo kid]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

 

[hjmick]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You really need to grow up kid. Rommel and Von Runstedt were also great generals. Are you 12?

When was the last time a US President praised either one of them in a pep rally? Lee was no less an enemy of the country than those two

Not the point son. Lee, Rommel, Von Runstedt, hell let's ad Zhukov were ALL great Generals.

Shit, I did a paper on Rommel in high school. After all the research and reading, I'm fairly well convinced that, had Rommel been running the war rather than Hitler, we'd all be speaking German...

 

[pismoe]

You forgot to add he also praised Grant.
It's really a big who cares issue but the media will latch onto it.

---------------------------------- and that might be the purpose as TRUMP stays in the news with some controversy . Lots of people like General Robert E. Lee and Confederates in general .

 

[hjmick]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

So you do have a reading comprehension issue...

 

[Doc1]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

I had a Virginia in Ohio once.

 

[Doc1]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

So you do have a reading comprehension issue...

He has a partisan issue.

 

[Doc1]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You really need to grow up kid. Rommel and Von Runstedt were also great generals. Are you 12?

When was the last time a US President praised either one of them in a pep rally? Lee was no less an enemy of the country than those two

Not the point son. Lee, Rommel, Von Runstedt, hell let's ad Zhukov were ALL great Generals.

Shit, I did a paper on Rommel in high school. After all the research and reading, I'm fairly well convinced that, had Rommel been running the war rather than Hitler, we'd all be speaking German...

Damn straight.

 

[hjmick]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying on the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I was wondering how that came up. Thanks!

My pleasure. When presented in context, it really becomes a non-issue, at least in my mind. There are plenty of other things with which Trump can be roasted...

 

[caddo kid]

You forgot to add he also praised Grant.
It's really a big who cares issue but the media will latch onto it.

---------------------------------- and that might be the purpose as TRUMP stays in the news with some controversy . Lots of people like General Robert E. Lee and Confederates in general .

Trump is a racist & he wants to put blacks in their place again aka Make America White Again.

Trump needs another Lee.

 

[xyz]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

Did he promise them aid to help with supplies after the hurricane?

 

[caddo kid]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

So you do have a reading comprehension issue...

Not at all; Lee was from Virginia, not Ohio.

 

[Doc1]

You forgot to add he also praised Grant.
It's really a big who cares issue but the media will latch onto it.

---------------------------------- and that might be the purpose as TRUMP stays in the news with some controversy . Lots of people like General Robert E. Lee and Confederates in general .

Trump is a racist & he wants to put blacks in their place again aka Make America White Again.

Trump needs another Lee.

LOL, good lord.

 

[caddo kid]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

Did he promise them aid to help with supplies after the hurricane?

paper towels

 

[FatBack]

You forgot to add he also praised Grant.
It's really a big who cares issue but the media will latch onto it.

---------------------------------- and that might be the purpose as TRUMP stays in the news with some controversy . Lots of people like General Robert E. Lee and Confederates in general .

Trump is a racist & he wants to put blacks in their place again aka Make America White Again.

Trump needs another Lee.

LOL..

 

[hjmick]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

So you do have a reading comprehension issue...

Not at all; Lee was from Virginia, not Ohio.

Yes. He then referenced Grant you mindless twit, he got there through Lee. Fuck.

 

[xyz]

He probably thought Ohio was part of the Confederacy.

Well, Indiana has a huge number of KKK members, even if was not part of the Confederacy. He could be confusing Ohio with Indiana, or just wanting to appeal to his usual supporters.

 

[caddo kid]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

You know, I don't much like Trump, but what I like even less are people so eager to make him look an even bigger dick that they don't bother to think beyond the end of their nose. Did you read or watch the speech, or portion of the speech in question? Or are you simply relying the selective editing and reporting of your masters and what they tell you to say and think?

Here is the entire portion of the speech in question, for your edification:


"Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn’t been properly recognized. William McKinley. He has not been properly recognized. What he did in terms of trade, in terms of war, but in terms of trade, and I hate to say it, in terms of being smart in tariffs, William McKinley has not been properly recognized. But maybe someday he will.


It also gave you a general who was incredible. He drank a little bit too much. You know who I’m talking about, right? So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home and said, “I can’t beat Robert E. Lee.” And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point, they were the greatest people. There was only one problem, they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how. And one day, it was looking really bad. And Lincoln just said, “You,” hardly knew his name. And they said, “Don’t take him. He’s got a drinking problem.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care what problem he has, you guys aren’t winning.” And his name was Grant. General Grant. And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. The said to Lincoln, “You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.” And Lincoln said, “I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.”


Now, barring a serious problem with reading comprehension, you should be able to read that and determine that he was not so much praising Lee as he was talking about great leaders from Ohio. One could argue whether or not Lincoln developed a phobia of Lee, there is no evidence he did... and one could argue that Lee's victories weren't as dire as Trump made them sound, history proves that... but the fact of the matter is, Lee was a great general. In fact, Lee was offered command of the Union five days after the fall of Fort Sumter. They don't offer a soldier that job because he sucks...

Now, I don't expect any of this will affect how you perceive this topic, at least not until someone tells you what to think about these facts, but at least I tried...

I didn't know Virginia was in Ohio.

Trump either has some real shitty speech writers or he makes up some stupid shit off the cuff; maybe both.

So you do have a reading comprehension issue...

Not at all; Lee was from Virginia, not Ohio.

Yes. He then referenced Grant you mindless twit, he there through Lee. Fuck.

Like I said in another post; Trump must have some shitty writers or Trump just spews shit off the cuff.

Trump could have just cut to the chase and made it all about blowing smoke up the audience's ass by saying great things about great Ohioans (which would have made Trump look better) but he had to make himself look like the idiot he is & praise a great Confederate era General from Virginia, before an Ohio audience.
I'm pretty confident that many within that audience were thinking WTF is he (Trump) doing praising Robert E. Lee, in Ohio, in 2018?

 

[pismoe]

its a throw away comment that many are still talking about XYZ .

 

[Polishprince]

Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general'

POTUS Trump went on an extended rant praising Civil War era Confederate General Robert E. Lee during a campaign rally before an Ohio audience.

"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee."

"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,' " Trump said.

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Seems odd that Trump chose an Ohio audience to be the recipient of such a strange rant, considering that many prominent Union Army members came from Ohio, General Grant being likely the most notable.

I don't believe Ohioans know shit about Civil War history but it sure seems surreal for any POTUS to be heaping praise on General Lee in old Union Army territory. And this is going on in 2018. WTF?

WTF is Trump doing; Quaaludes, Mary Jane, both, more?

There are no civil war veterans in Ohio, so it was just a discussion in Trump's Stream of Consciousness.


The greatness of Robert E. Lee has been recognized for a long time, and he was fully and posthumously exonerated in 1975 by the Liberal Congress and President Gerald R. Ford.