That's not quite topic drift so much as skidding a thread sideways into the 
grave. 

Philip
www.biketinker.com


On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:00:23 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
> On 11/17/2013 05:41 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: 
> > 
> > Moving on: one huge problem afflicting the Northern army was 
> > McClellan, who had delusions of grandeur combined with a fear of 
> > fighting. Anecdote: 
> > 
> > Lincoln and friend Ozias Hatch were on a bluff overlooking the Army of 
> > the Potomac. Lincoln leaned over and whispered, "Hatch: What is 
> > that!?" Hatch: "Why, Mr. Lincoln, it's the Army of the Potomac." 
> > Lincoln (in a loud voice): "No, Hatch, no! That is General McClellan's 
> > bodyguard!" 
> > 
> > Another: "If General McClellan isn't using the army, I'd like to 
> > borrow it." 
> > 
>
> In my opinion McClellan did not want to win and was little more than a 
> Copperhead in uniform. 
>
>

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