Andy the Tailor
By ice rivers
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When we talk about Presidents who walked into shitstorms, let's not forget Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson's idol was Andrew Jackson. Andrew Johnson was no Andrew Jackson. He wasn't even a James Polk.
Johnson , confirmed racist and alleged alcoholic, got thrust into the mess after JW Boothe ripped off Abe.
The only reason he was even on the ticket with Abe in the first place was because he was the only Southern Senator who stayed loyal to the Union. All he had to deal with was the Reconstruction of the Union which he wanted to do all by hisself.
Congress objected big time especially the radical Republicans who thought that the freedmen ought to be able to vote.
At one and the same time Andrew Johnson managed to alienate BOTH the North and the South and got into a pissing contest with Lincoln holdover Stanton which resulted in an impeachement which forced future president, definite alcoholic and war hero U.S. Grant into a two week drinking binge of his own as he was caught between supporting Johnson who had half-heartedly appointed him Secretary of War even though Stanton already occupied that post and didn't want to give it up.
Before entering politics, Andy was a tailor. When our country needed a perfect fit, bombastic Andrew Johnson threw one.
Too bad that Mayberry's Andy Taylor wasn't invented yet. He couldn't have been worse.
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