Jimmy Failla: Presidents Day reminder – here's why we honor the good, even though they and we are flawed

This Presidents Day would be the last one we celebrate if many woke ideologues on the Left had their way. It’s a terrifying thought, not just for people who like a good mattress sale but for the country as a whole.

One rain soaked afternoon in the fall of 2008 I picked up a cane-using, white-haired man who appeared to be in his late hundreds. After struggling to close the door he instructed me to take him to the corner of 54th and Broadway and spent the ensuing ride humming a song under his breath as I engaged in the vehicular combat that is Manhattan driving.  Removing Abraham Lincoln and George Washington from schools is crazy by any other name.  It wasn’t until we arrived at his destination that I realized he was visiting a gentlemen’s club on the north side of Times Square called "Flashdancers." Sensing my astonishment as he got out of the cab he shrugged and said, "Remember, people without vices don’t have any virtues either – Abraham Lincoln." He laughed a congested laugh, shut the door with his body and hobbled off to see some showgirls at 2 p.m. on a rainy Tuesday.