Some Great Men Have To Die To Become Great Men

Almost 15 years ago I published the list below. I was attacked by a very close friend because he said I said Ulysses S. Grant was a Crook.

I did not say that about Grant. Actually I did not say any of what was said in the list below about any of the List Men because I did not create the list below. I only duplicated someone else’s list. The list below is actually a compilation of what was said about the List Men by people who were living at the same time as the List Men.

According to an article in my newspaper more than 15 years ago the following was said about Past Presidents and others who wanted to be Presidents and then Past Presidents of the Good Ole USofA...

• Jefferson -- An atheist, anarchist, demagogue, coward, trickster and a mountebank (one who sells phony medicine).
• John Adams -- Egotistical, erratic, eccentric and jealous-natured.
• Jackson -- Accused of adultery, gambling, cock-fighting, bigamy, slave trading, drunkenness, theft, lying and murder.
• John Quincy Adams -- Premarital relationship with his wife and traveling on Sunday.
• Henry Clay -- Had systematically violated every one of the Ten Commandments.
• James Polk -- Unimaginative.
• Grant -- A crook, an ignoramus, a drunk, a swindler and an "utterly depraved horse jockey".
• Al Smith -- Since Smith was a Catholic, Hoover accused him of planning to annul all Protestant marriages, if he were elected.

After they died, most of these “sins” were forgotten because the people who were doing the attacking on the List Men while they were alive were now busy attacking other men who were still alive.

This shows to go ya that it’s just not as much fun to attack and/or lie about men who can’t pay attention to your attack and/or your lies because they are no longer around to “enjoy” your efforts on their behalf.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: How times have changed. I wonder how many votes were changed throughout our history because the voter found out that a candidate had Traveled on Sunday, Was Unimaginative, was an Utterly Depraved Horse Jockey or really feared the new President was Going to Annul All Protestant Marriages.