About the "National Constitution Center" ... (WTF!)

[Red Zelda]

So, my sister-in-law takes me there in Philly and what do I discover???

1. In all the obsessive displays about the constitution, there's NOTHING on the 2000 election.
2. There is a big-screen video of none other than Ben Stein explaining the constitution.
3. A gift shop where the main table at the entrance is graced with books not by founding fathers, but by Glen Beck, Jonah Goldberg (and Valerie Plame, but she was on a lower shelf).

all hail Dumbfuckistan

[hisownpetard]

1. How infuriating, that a Bush (any Bush) is chairman of the National Constitution Center.

National Constitution Center Board of Trustees

NATIONAL HONORARY COMMITTEE
Mrs. George H.W. Bush
President & Mrs. Jimmy Carter
President William J. Clinton &
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mrs. Gerald R. Ford

CHAIRMAN
President George H.W. Bush

[Red Zelda]

2. That explains the prevalence of Barbara Bush books

instead of Lincoln, Adams, etc. Really, the place is a total sham.
I was surprised there wasn't a statue of Bush and a video of Smerconish.
Do not go there.

[hisownpetard]

3. I don't plan on going. I'm surprised, though, that the Clintons didn't have any of their books

there, or Carter, since they're also on the Board.

Glenn Beck???!! Sheeesh.

[Snarkturian Clone]

4. The best Philly tourist attractions are

City Hall
The Mutter Museum
Eastern State Penitentiary

[Red Zelda]

5. I grabbed a folder about Eastern State Pen

Sound really interesting

[onenote]

6. odd: the online bookstore is heavily oriented to the Founding Fathers

In fact, the online bookstore doesn't offer any books by beck, goldberg, plame etc.
http://www.shopconstitutioncenter.com/default.asp?facid=1&loc=shop&subloc=cat&catid=2000


And the Constitutional timeline, which I thought I saw at the museum, at least online discusses Bush v. Gore. http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw13_12340.html