Random non-PC Presidential exchanges

[danalwyn]

I don't know why this presidential exchange has amused me so much, even though it is enormously politically incorrect:




EQUAL RIGHTS & JUSTICE TO ALL MEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOREVER. WHITE MEN IS IN CLASS NUMBER ONE & BLACK MEN IS IN CLASS NUMBER TWO & MUST BE GOVERENED BY WHITE MEN FOREVER.

John McMahon, Pennsylvania,
Message to the President of the United States




"As it is in within my business to assist him whenever I can, I will thank you to inform me, for his use, whether you are either a white man or a black one, because in either case you cannot be regarded as an entirely impartial judge. It may be that you belong to a third or forth class of yellow or red men, in which case the impartiality of your judgment would be more apparent."

Secretary John Nicolay, Washington D.C.
Replying on behalf of Mr. A. Lincoln, President


As strange as it seems in the post-Watergate era, there was a time when getting smacked down by the White House actually meant something.

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[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the whole exchange... O_o