During the Clinton years, remember there was a controversy donors? Big campaign contributors were invited to stay overnight in the Lincoln bedroom at the White House?
Now the recriminations within the governing conservative party continue with critics and allies of Mr. Duncan Smith lining up to give their opinions to the media.
One of the most important developments in foreign policy during Pierce's administration actually began earlier. Former president Millard Fillmore had sent Navy Commodore Matthew Perry to Asia.
Barbarians at the doorstep, imbeciles on the throne, and to top everything off it seemed to the average Roman pagan in the street that the gods were angry.