Politics, the way it was.

"What General Lee's feelings were I do not know. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible face... His feelings...were entirely concealed from my observation; but my own feelings...were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which people ever fought...

"General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value...In my rough traveling suit...I must have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form...

"We soon fell into a conversation about old army times...Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting."

-General Ulysses S. Grant, remembering the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

After watching debates, politicians blaming everyone and anyone on financial crises, and the overall distaste for taking blame for anything in our country, I wonder...Where are the people like General Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and the other eloquent, kind, caring, leaders of our past. Having never seen or met a politician like them, it's hard to understand, but I miss them.