Crime against the people

Crime against the people
I posted this back in March, but for some reason it didn't post. So here it is now.
I have been reading in the Battle Cry of Freedom, chapters 4-6, and am disgusted with the lack of honesty and the amount of manipulation that when on in the politics of this nation. I don't particularly like politics and this book is not helping to change my mind. I am amazed that this nation has held together as long as it has. I am very American, but am appalled at the political life, which is still happening today in our government (my opinion). On a more positive note, I find that the happenings that lead up to the Civil War are very complex, it wasn't just a matter of slavery. There were a lot of people, states, and rulings from the court that lead up to the Civil War. In some body's blog I read that there is a close correlation between the politics discussed in the book and today's happenings in politics today. I find this somewhat frightening.