Quote Originally Posted by Snark View Post
I have to agree that the Democrat's handling of the time of Southern occupation was a disaster, but in any case I can hardly agree that reconstruction was a success. We still see lingering effects. It takes a long time to overcome that kind of damage.
Except the damage was wrought by the Democrats in order to avoid having to deal with all the new citizens. Who had made significant inroads into the halls of government during "reconstruction".