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General George McClellan really does see himself as the indispensable man. His resentments of Lincoln are phenomenal.  He refers to him as ‘the original gorilla,’ ‘a well-meaning baboon,’ a traitor or the tool of traitors.


— Richard Slotkin on General George 
McClellan and what he thought of his commander-in-chief, President Abraham Lincoln

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    McClellan can go screw.
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    I hated this pussy so much.
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    The greatest military strategist in American history. Just ask Mr. Marchand.
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    McClellan was a known idiot….Lincoln thought so as well.
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    HAHAHAHA. I mean, you tried, man. You tried.
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    Total tool.
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    Fucking McClellan, man. What a tool.
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