Election Day 2026

A man in Virginia states the obvious (sorry, no link)

“If you are an American citizen and of legal age, you have the right to vote. This right requires government to give notice of elections; make polls accessible and open throughout the appointed day; maintain the integrity and completeness of voter rolls; record and count all legal votes; publish the results in a timely manner. What this right does not require is every possible personal convenience. Election protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests. A protected vote requires some effort, but considerably less than applying for a gun permit or a day at the DMV.”

To Appomattox Court House

“A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.” 

– Robert E. Lee

Parapet

“I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the Battle of Antietam that fatigues anything? ”

– Abraham Lincoln in response to General McClellan.

Charge!

“My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.”

– ‘Fighting’ Joe Hooker

Surprised

“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.”

– William Tecumseh Sherman