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roamer65

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6. It just reminds me if we're living in 1864, I would have voted for McClellan over Lincoln.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 11:15 AM

May 2020

The north would have been far better off, especially if it joined the Canadian confederation in 1867.

Before anyone gets their panties in a wad here, McClellan was the Democratic candidate in 1864.

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