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Lincoln’s Dead Awhile, Ford’s Theatre Vows Slow Destruction of His Bloody Clothes
Closed Published by mr.president October 20th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYTransparency claims another victim
Ford’s Theater announced last year that it would morph into a center for the study of Lincoln leadership, teaching timeless lessons in the shadow of a Disneyfied assassination site.
Now the glorious plans are unfolding, and an early casualty of”opening up” Ford’s may be the bloody clothes Lincoln wore the night he […]
America’s Newest New Reagan, Now With Added Sparkle!
Closed Published by mr.president October 1st, 2008 in AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMORHe Says She Said
Widespread mirth at Daddy McCain’s plea to Ms. Curic for a Palin test makeover has blocked attention to Daddy’s effort to fix Sarah Palin’s Place In History.
And what a place setting it is! Apparently, Palin isn’t just the New Reagan, she’s the New Clinton as well!
“This is not the […]
That Kennedy Magic!
Closed Published by mr.president September 18th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, FIDEL CASTRO, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, RICHARD NIXON, JOHN F. KENNEDY, US PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, POLITICAL HUMORNot On My Watch?
A sunny side of the Sixties is on display in the film Virtual JFK, portraying a happy time when a wise and unassassinated President Kennedy manages to avoid the Vietnam War.
How’d he do it? In this happy world Kennedy apparently emerged sadder and wiser from early […]
Sarah Palin Reloaded: McKinley Dies Again
Closed Published by mr.president September 13th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, SECRET SERVICE, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMORWho Would Sarah Shoot?
The thrilling details of Sarah Palin’s Secret Service code name have been revealed to an anxious public, usually accompanied by boilerplate explaining how pretty Denali National Park is. Passed over in Palin’s moniker acceptance is her slap at our martyred 25th president.
Denali is the Native Alaskan name for Mount McKinley, the […]
McCain Mines McKinley Mojo
Closed Published by mr.president June 7th, 2008 in AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, JOHN MCCAIN, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, GEORGE W. BUSHOn to Buffalo!
William McKinley’s last use in a contemporary campaign was Karl Rove’s mad scheme to present George W. Bush as the Big Mc of our generation, achieving solid Republican rule by persuading the scruffies to vote against their interests.
It worked with Bush, at least as far as the minstrel show 2000 […]