CSPAN3 Bob Woodward On President Lincoln July 28, 2016
Lament of the irish immigrant, set to music. Many of lincolns quips also resorted to irish analogies. Sometimes they were caustic, and perhaps a bit insulting to make a point. His first reported jibe about a poor irishman comes from one of his congressional speeches on the need for sensible improvements which he described an irishman who had a pair of new boots. Quoting lincoln i shall never get him on, said patrick, until i wear them a day or two and stretch them out a bit, unquote. Late in the quarter, an observer recalled that lincoln said there was a Cabinet Meeting in the afternoon, gener...