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Republicans for Obama are Still Republicans:
''Back in the 1860s, a new kind of 'Know-Nothing' American turned against Lincoln’s Anti-slavery Republican Party because of the Civil War. Instead of thinking seriously about political issues, these people categorically voted against Republicans. And thus, they voted for Democrats.''About Republicans, the Know-Nothing Americans said: 'We ain’t ...
Posted to Fighting Words by ChannelingBarackObama@yahoo.com on October 21, 2008
Hitch On Helms like White on Rice
Gee Hitchens, why don't you and the Queen of England tell us how you really felt about that North Carolinian champion Senator Jesse Helms? I did not know him very well, living in the Midwest among Chicago Democrats and Suburban ''Collar County'' Repubs early in life, and then moving to New England, where both the Democrats and the Republicans have ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on July 7, 2008
Both Rich AND Smart -- Now, THAT is RARE
I have been fulminating for years now about Harvard, and was happy to learn about Michael Kinsley's long ago household affiliation there. I was never headed for Harvard, but years later, learned that a high school classmate of mine, female from Homewood Floosmoor Community High School -- served Harvard as a Deputy Admissions Director for ...
Posted to Readme by MichaelBernard1 on June 19, 2008