oldskydog
09-17-2007, 08:05 AM
This is just as valid today as it was then. Substitute "Congressman" or "Senator" for "editor" and it is especially appropriate.
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to
command forces,
and our most gifted and brilliant to edit
newspapers.
In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that
these editor/geniuses
plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start,
yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my
command
to these obviously superior intellects, and I will,
in turn,
do my best for the Cause by writing editorials -
after the fact."
- Robert E. Lee, 1863
:clap
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to
command forces,
and our most gifted and brilliant to edit
newspapers.
In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that
these editor/geniuses
plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start,
yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my
command
to these obviously superior intellects, and I will,
in turn,
do my best for the Cause by writing editorials -
after the fact."
- Robert E. Lee, 1863
:clap