The US Presidency - The Oath of Hypocrisy Part 1

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Rip Snorter — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:42:32 GMT

But I'm not touching anyone later than Ronnie Raygun. Those latter day guys were all just cheap imitations of the earlier ones anyway. Harry Truman is a favorite of mine for his strengths and tragic flaws. Ike might have been the best prez in US history because he ended someone elses war, promptly didn't get us into any others, and mostly just played golf and let the government run itself. Visited here in '57, during the snowstorm when the drought broke and so many people w... [ More ]

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Tenaj — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:16:49 GMT

I love history Jack as long as it is true and not bias. Skip to Daddy Bush and George.

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Rip Snorter — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:03:23 GMT

But Dred Scott, alone wasn't the problem. Lincoln refused to talk with half the senators and representatives of the US about the implementation of Dred Scott for three months prior to shots being fired at Fort Sumter. Half the Congress was absent when the US went to war with itself, so no War declaration by Congress was enacted. But the question of whether a State could leave the Union was not expressly stated in the Constitution. Certainly the States would have never ratifie... [ More ]

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