Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181013:06:28:00
Here's part of it. >> so robert e. lee was a great general, and abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy. i don't know if you know this story. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and one day it was looking really bad. and lincoln just said, you hardly knew his name. and they said, don't take him. he's got a drinking problem. and lincoln said, i don't care what problem he has. you guys aren't winning. and his name was grant, general grant. [ cheers and applause ] and he went in, and he knocked the hell out of everyone. he...