All Tyrants Great and Small

[Tom Sawyer]

Was Lincoln a Tyrant?

NY Times blog regarding Lincoln's Executive overreach. On the one hand, justifies his doing unconstitutional things because the end justifies the means... on the other puts him in the same class as Woodrow Wilson and FDR, "I'll take Presidential Bullies for 400 Alex."

[KBCraig]

It started with the Whiskey Rebellion and hasn't improved since then.

[Jim Johnson]

Tyrannical aspirations is the prerequisite for public office.

[Tom Sawyer]

Virtually all the presidents they told me were our greatest heroes were tyrants... maybe they have to tell us that to coverup the evil they committed.

[Russell Kanning]

Yep