When Lincoln appointed his rivals, we didn't have the internet, email, youtube, and 24/7 news.

[Skwmom]

I wonder how it would have worked out if we had.

Don't you think it makes it a lot harder to control the situation?

[RoyGBiv]

1. It would have been bad ...

Probably would have started a civil war or something ...

[Alter Ego]

2. Seward is a terrible choice for SOS.

He hasn't been properly vetted.

[PBS Poll-435]

3. Seward is 100% responsible for

Sarah Palin.

[Sadie5]

4. What did I miss??

Who is Seward, what is his job???

[PBS Poll-435]

5. He may be prone to "follies"

:shrug:

[cali]

6. U.S. Secretary of State under Lincoln and rival for the

republican nomination in 1860.

[marylanddem]

8. And pushed for acquisition of Alaska as a U.S. territory.

"Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Ice Box"

If I'm right, eighth grade history worked.

[PBS Poll-435]

11. Psst...

It worked!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[blondeatlast]

9. WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS? IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE! nt

[Alter Ego]

12. You forgot: CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!!

[blondeatlast]

17. Alas, I find that it is too late. Damn that Pony Express, always a day late... nt

[AllentownJake]

7. I don't have a problem with Seward

but that Stanton fellow is awful. I don't like his beard. What is he trying to hide.

[Alter Ego]

13. And Daniel Webster seems too far-left to be confirmed.

[Skwmom]

10. I'm just saying times have changed. Has anyone even considered this?

[SoonerPride]

14. The concept is still sound 148 years later.

Youtube,the internets, and Rush Limbaugh be damned.

[Skwmom]

15. Oh, they really don' t need Rush Limbaugh.

They have the words of lifelong Democrats. They will constantly remind the American Public of the less than admirable side of the Clintons. For example:

ZEIFMAN: Well, let me put it this way. I terminated her, along with some other staff members who were -- we no longer needed, and advised her that I would not -- could not recommend her for any further positions.

BOORTZ: Why not?

ZEIFMAN: Because of her unethical conduct.

BOORTZ: Now, to get this on the record, you are now, were then, and you are a lifelong Democrat, are you not?

ZEIFMAN: Yes, very much so.

BOORTZ: How do you feel about her candidacy for president of the United States right now?

ZEIFMAN: Well, I think that for any intellectually honest Democrat, her -- it would be a moral imperative to vote against her.

BOORTZ: Because of her lack of ethics when she was working for you?

ZEIFMAN: Well, no. Frankly, I had hoped when she eventually became first lady, I had hoped that we had taught her a lesson. And I had voted for Bill Clinton, knowing that he was advocating a two-for-one presidency. But after two -- excuse me --

.....

ZEIFMAN: .... Now, what happened was that I voted for Bill Clinton out of loyalty to the Democratic Party. And -- but within a short time, I became very disenchanted with the Clinton administration because of its corruption and deceit.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200804040011

[SoonerPride]

16. So?

I must be missing something.