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Fri Jan-01-10 10:03 AM
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Just heard an ol' fella on Washington Journal complaining that Americans don't understand history. |
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Edited on Fri Jan-01-10 10:10 AM by asdjrocky
Then he went on to describe himself as a 17th/18th century republican.
Is there a history book no one told me about?
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:06 AM
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They just don't understand his version of it...... |
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..... which I suspect isn't like Howard Zinn's.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:06 AM
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1. Was he a hip-hop Republican or a heavy metal Republican? That would |
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Edited on Fri Jan-01-10 10:11 AM by saltpoint
give us some direction. We may have to ring up Michael Steele. He seems to be on top of things.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:09 AM
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4. I'm pretty sure he was adult contemporary. |
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Or maybe a big fan of the modern cw format.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:09 AM
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:06 AM
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2. Do you mean 17/18th century? |
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:09 AM
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:07 AM
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3. I guess the rumors how Lincoln was the first candidate from the fledgling |
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Republican party were exaggerated.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:11 AM
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8. It was liberal media of the mid 19th century. nt |
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Fri Jan-01-10 11:58 AM
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14. Filled with truthiness, bias, and error. |
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:10 AM
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7. He was an idiot -- with A misplaced |
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Confidence in his notions.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:14 AM
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9. Nothing like having an American political party |
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before there was an America.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:15 AM
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10. Is he related to the lady who took her xmas tree down on xmas eve? |
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Edited on Fri Jan-01-10 10:16 AM by proud2BlibKansan
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asdjrocky
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:22 AM
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Gawd I'm such a Washington Journal junkie.
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:28 AM
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We have some major crazies here.
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asdjrocky
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Fri Jan-01-10 10:33 AM
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13. Ca has all kinds here. |
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Around the corner where I grew up there was what my Mom and Dad called a "John Birch House" and they told me to stay away.
I did.
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:00 PM
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When will Kansas start on its next creationism movement for its high skules?
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:09 PM
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17. We got rid of the idiots on the state school board |
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Being a national embarrassment worked wonders on election day.
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:44 PM
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18. That's great news. Do you still have that rectus maximus |
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as the state's attorney general?
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:47 PM
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He was beat by a Democrat in '06. Then he became my county DA (appointed by the precinct chairs to fill a vacancy) and 18 months later he was beat in the GOP PRIMARY by a moderate.
About this time last year, he moved to VA where he is teaching law at Liberty U.
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:54 PM
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20. Congrats again, and why am I not surprised about his current gig? |
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Liberty U. heh. Brainwashing for lawyers.
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:00 PM
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15. UNDERSTAND history? H===, they don't KNOW any history. n/t |
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Fri Jan-01-10 12:58 PM
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21. Was he referring to "republican" or Republican. |
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There were people who were republicans back in the 17th/18th centuries. Hell, Rome was a Republic...until they turned it over to their version of the MIC.
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Fri Jan-01-10 01:48 PM
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22. still an idiot. they called themselves |
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anti-federalists, and wrote articles against those geniuses who drafted the Federalist Papers. Both groups of docs (available on iPhone with US historical documents app) are well worth a read. And many of the ideas could easily be applied today to our teabagger wars.
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