THOMAS JEFFERSON Archive
Sarah Palin’s Truman Show: The Trouble With Harry
1 Comment Published by mr.president September 17th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, US PRESIDENTS, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, HARRY S.TRUMAN, THOMAS JEFFERSONIt Girl
The McCain campaign practice of repeating lies even in the face of their refutation has spread to their apologists.
Even after National Treasure Thomas Frank blew up Sarah Palin’s Truman-homage-via-quoting-a-nut-who-wanted-FDR-dead, The Weekly Standard claims that “”So far no one has picked up on the significance of Palin’s invocation of Harry Truman in […]
Looking Presidential
Closed Published by mr.president May 28th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FIRST LADIES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL GREATNESS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, US PRESIDENTS, THOMAS JEFFERSONCraggy!
South Dakota’s favorite sons look down on an aspirant.
If These Walls Could Talk
Closed Published by mr.president May 9th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, THOMAS JEFFERSON…They Might Say, “I Suppose, But Lose The Doofus Narrator”
It’s come to this: after following the familiar path from dissident Trotskyist to NATO enthusiast, Christopher Hitchens finds himself in the company of “libertarians.”
But it’s all for charity!
Hitchens recently attended a booze-up benefiting the “Jefferson One” - the sole arrestee […]
Wright Wing Wonder
Closed Published by mr.president April 15th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, BARACK OBAMA, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JAMES MADISON, JAMES MONROE, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, US PRESIDENTS, THOMAS JEFFERSONFair, Balanced, And Without Clue
Fox News has rushed to embrace all things Founding Father-ish, proudly affirming it’s own targeting alongside the great dead whites by beloved Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Wright’s speech at a weekend funeral, and it was noteworthy for stating the smokin’ hot non-controversial obvious.
“… while Wright […]
Shelf Life
Closed Published by mr.president April 12th, 2008 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, THOMAS JEFFERSONBookish
Thomas Jefferson continues to get bad press over slavery and his domestic entanglements, but everybody loves a reader!
The Washington Post reports on efforts by the Library of Congress to recreate Jefferson’s library, purchased in the rebuilding of the institution after the British burned much of Washington DC. Much of Jefferson’s library […]