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Sounds like a bunch of [[KKK]] propaganda. Not sure we can retain it without more context. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 16:59, 3 February 2019 (EST) | Sounds like a bunch of [[KKK]] propaganda. Not sure we can retain it without more context. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 16:59, 3 February 2019 (EST) | ||
:What are you saying? Looking at his WP biography, he's a Northerner (born in Maine, died in Connecticut) who had absolutely no connection to the South or the KKK. For the record, though, being a Southerner or someone who served in the CSA army (as opposed to the KKK) shouldn't automatically disqualify someone either. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:29, 3 February 2019 (EST) | :What are you saying? Looking at his WP biography, he's a Northerner (born in Maine, died in Connecticut) who had absolutely no connection to the South or the KKK. For the record, though, being a Southerner or someone who served in the CSA army (as opposed to the KKK) shouldn't automatically disqualify someone either. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:29, 3 February 2019 (EST) | ||
| + | ::Quoting an 1867 manuscript that seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of the Democratic party in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War is an attempt to link the Episcopal Church and Christianity with racism and the Klan. Especially since this cite is the exact opposite of the one the same editor replaced. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 18:08, 3 February 2019 (EST) | ||
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The quote about religion in this article seems pretty irrelevant and out of place. In a short article about a president, items relevant to his policies and actions as president should be more prominent than an obscure and irrelevant quotation about Christianity. He was a warrior and a politician, not a theologian. --Zerba 13:18, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
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RJJensen 01:01, 22 November 2009 (EST)
1867 copyright
- John Stevens Cabot Abbott, "Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America," (Boston: B.B. Russell & Co., 1867
Sounds like a bunch of KKK propaganda. Not sure we can retain it without more context. RobSDeep Six the Deep State! 16:59, 3 February 2019 (EST)
- What are you saying? Looking at his WP biography, he's a Northerner (born in Maine, died in Connecticut) who had absolutely no connection to the South or the KKK. For the record, though, being a Southerner or someone who served in the CSA army (as opposed to the KKK) shouldn't automatically disqualify someone either. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:29, 3 February 2019 (EST)
- Quoting an 1867 manuscript that seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of the Democratic party in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War is an attempt to link the Episcopal Church and Christianity with racism and the Klan. Especially since this cite is the exact opposite of the one the same editor replaced. RobSDeep Six the Deep State! 18:08, 3 February 2019 (EST)