re: #165 Cato the Elder

OK, how many great “war hero” presidents have we had besides Washington?

Grant? Great general, president, not so much.

Ike? A genial boob.

JFK? We’ll never know how he would have turned out.

When we Romans made a war hero into our leader, it was not long before the Republic disappeared.

Just sayin’.

There’s a quick dismissal. He was more than that. Plus he gave the country a chance to use assonance during his campaign.