Re: Campaign 2016 Part XXII: Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Politicians!
As someone who lives in southern Wisconsin (and travels to southern Missouri occasionally to visit in-laws), I've always wanted to stop in Springfield to see the Lincoln Library. From what I've heard, it is a worthwhile experience and especially relevant in recent years because it illustrates just how raw and adversarial presidential politics can become. We are not engaged in a great civil war now, but I understand crude vitriol was fairly common in those days even aside from the divisions between north and south. I'm sure there are some civil war era geeks here, so I'm interested to hear if any of you have been there.
As someone who lives in southern Wisconsin (and travels to southern Missouri occasionally to visit in-laws), I've always wanted to stop in Springfield to see the Lincoln Library. From what I've heard, it is a worthwhile experience and especially relevant in recent years because it illustrates just how raw and adversarial presidential politics can become. We are not engaged in a great civil war now, but I understand crude vitriol was fairly common in those days even aside from the divisions between north and south. I'm sure there are some civil war era geeks here, so I'm interested to hear if any of you have been there.