Fun and accurate article!
Posted on 07/09/2009 9:43:49 AM PDT by euram
In 1754, Lt. Col. George Washington quit the Virginia militia, an obscure fact that now seems a bit more interesting in the wake of Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation in Alaska.
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Interesting...
...But vaht duz deese mean?
You just made my day with this article! Thank you so much for posting. Also noted the the GOP Attorney General who resigned in NH to run for Senate has little to no coverage which shouts they are AFRAID of Sarah!
Ah, enough already...
They don’t call her Sahah-cuda fer nuthin, ya know....
For those interested in the details, you can find a discussion of Washington's resignation here.
Palin quit. A big “so what.”
Once more engaging with the DNC/MSM discussion agenda.
Interestingly enough, Thatcher was appointed secretary of state for education & science, but found her position frustrating because of the all of the bad press AND because she had difficulty getting PM Heath to listen to her ideas. Seemingly disenchanted on the future of women in politics, Thatcher was quoted as saying “I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime,” during a 1973 television appearance.
And, you know the rest of the story....
I really hate these “So & So Did It Too” arguments. Much better to out the repulsive, Democrat scumbags who spent everyday of the past year trying to destroy Palin and her family for POLITICS!!!
You said — Oh my.... Sarah Palin = George Washington now?
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Well, I like Sarah Palin, and, by God, I did vote for her (but not McCain, doncha know... LOL...). And I would sure love to see her ramp up a Presidential election campaign if she thought the numbers would work for her...
BUT..., this comparison to George Washington..., ummmm..., some people are just pulling rabbits out of their hats (or somewhere else that I don’t want to speak about) and/or are making up supposed comparisons out of thin air that simply *do not exist*...
This does not bode well for the concept of *rationality* that is supposed to exist on Free Republic...
I always liked the prospects of a Washington/Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne ticket.
LOLOL! I like it...particularly the comment by Kristol at the end.Good article.
Very good. Thanks for the mention.
Hey, people in other threads have (seriously) compared her to Jesus Christ, so what’s the big deal about George?
LOL. I guess the Ronald Reagan comparisons have soured a bit, so now we have to move on to bigger and better comparisons.
Reagan, Washington, Joan of Arc ....
Many professional and amateur historians (including myself) met with the producers who, I feel, did a sincere job of trying to be historically accurate. What was disappointing about the film was not what was included, but so many great stories which were excluded.
Long story short is that Washington resigned his commission with the Virginia Militia because he felt they were a bunch of amateurs who were more serious about building political connections for future office holding than they were about building a professional military force for defending and expanding the frontier.
Washington was not the military genius in these days and suffered a number of setbacks, but he did have the sense to realize the colonies needed a professional trained army par to the one of the mother country.
He had a great deal of respect an admiration for General Braddock and wanted to serve directly under his command as he appreciated his professionalism. Braddock gets short shift from the history books because of the one personality flaw which led to his untimely demise-- he had no respect for the Native American warrior and refused Washington's advice to avoid a frontal assault through the woods southeast of present day Pittsburgh.
Washington's heroics in taking command when Braddock fell, organizing an orderly retreat and very nearly saving Braddock's life (he died on the road back to Ft. Cumberland a few days after the battle) are legendary.
What isn't as well-known are the engineering skills and military skills which Braddock taught to Washington. The engineering skills built the road from Ft. Cumberland to the modern Pittsburgh area, which was the focal point of the war. Modern US 40 follows essentially the same route. To complete a route of this magnitude within a few month's time using the technology of the 1750's is a feat which has no equal in history.
The military skills which Washington learned from Braddock, tempered with his experience in frontier fighting were pivotal in the birth of our nation a quarter century later. Washington respected Braddock, his teacher, up until the day that he died, requesting on his deathbed that he be buried with a scarf which had belonged to Braddock and bequeathed to Washington before Braddock died.
Well, I dunno about that one. Poor Joan ended up well-done.
Fun and accurate article!
Amen to that. Ronald Reagan was poo-poohed (how can an actor be a president?....seriously,now..)and turned out to be one of the greatest historic figures of our time. Many intelligent,insightful freethinkers become frustrated at being boxed in and break out in order to achieve success,fortunately for us. I put Sarah in that same group of winning strategists that includes Reagan,Thatcher and Washington.
When watching the HBO Series John Adams last night I had to laugh when Thomas Jefferson announced he quit and was returning to Monticello. This was after the Continental Congress and before he became our nation’s 3rd President.
Whereas there is a strong current of speculation that one reason for Ms. Palin's resignation is that she is "more serious about building political connections for future office holding" than she is about governing the state of Alaska....
Off-topic a bit, it's interesting to note that George Washington was in his early 20s when all this was going on. He was a remarkable man, of course ... and clearly recognized as such even at that early age.
Oh my.... Sarah Palin = George Washington now?Nah. I prefer John Wayne. ;)
Hat tip for this idea to FReeper madamemayhem :
somehow that picture makes me think...john wayne
There have been a few threads in which Sarah has been touted as a modern day Joan of Arc.
Whether there's criticism or acclaim seems to depend on how far to the Left the governor is (no matter which Party is involved).
Thanks...very interesting piece. I’m not a historian (my brother’s the go-to guy on that!) but I thoroughly enjoyed your post.Sad that Braddock didn’t get his historic due,but Washington sure knew the man,and admired him so that he carried that admiration to the grave.Such respect and admiration is rare nowadays.
Poor George Washington. He had no previous administration on which to blame America’s problems.
It’s called an analogy, which doesn’t mean that the subjects themselves are being compared.
You said — It’s called an analogy, which doesn’t mean that the subjects themselves are being compared.
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Ummm..., you know..., on those SATs (prior to college) you are given in some of those questions, comparisons of objects in which one is asked to say which one of the five (or whatever) doesn’t fit in with the others.
I have a feeling, from reading some of these posters that many of them would fail that portion of the SATs... LOL...
” it’s interesting to note that George Washington was in his early 20s when all this was going on. “
IIRC ,I think Washington was also very ill at the time , with chronic dysentery or possibly TB .
Another thread says the state GOP in IOWA are trying to secure her to be speaker at their major fund raiser.....
Iowa, Hmmmm!
I think she’s gonna be a great fundraiser, that’s for sure. And the funny and peculiar thing about it all, is that I think the GOP will love her more as a fundraiser than they would as a candidate... (but that’s “fundraising” for you...).
I still don’t know what she thinks her prospects are going to be for a Presidential campaign run, through. She may or may not have that in mind. And I don’t expect to hear her speak about it for a while, yet.
So, it’s just going to be a lot of speculation in the meantime.
In digging a little deeper I discovered that Jefferson actually quit “public service” twice:
Wounded by the criticism of his retreat, Jefferson decided to quit public service. A series of personal setbacks, including his wife’s death in September 1782, plunged him into gloom. It appeared the life he had sought in his family, farms, and books was suddenly out of reach. That November he eagerly accepted congressional appointment to the peace commission in Paris. He never sailed, however, and wound up in Congress instead
And the again in 1793:
Jefferson gave up his post at the end of 1793, again determined to quit public life. But in 1796 the Republicans made him their presidential candidate against John Adams. Losing by only a slim margin, Jefferson became vice president.
Hmmm... are those crickets I hear on my radio, my TV, on the left of the blogosphere????
The problem is not that she quit her political post to campaign for a new one, it's that too few politicians do the same, and they don't want us to notice. They try to hedge their bets, holding on to their sweetheart-deal positions in case they don't/can't win, all the while drawing a tax-fattened paycheck from us.
American political history is replete with politicians who hit the road, seeking higher office (or to reestablish their monkey-grip on the one they have), and neglect their “day jobs” in the process.
Then, when they lose (thus demonstrating their ineptitude perhaps?), they just traipse right back into that cushy little job in Congress (ala Juan McCan’t, or drunk-assed Teddy Kennedy), or the Governer’s Mansion (is that you, Big Bill Richardson?).
Hell, Obama is the poster child for it. His greatest accomplishment is running for offices in which he did nothing but run for the next one. Essentially, we hired the guy because he could fill out the job application, not for what he'd done, or even just for what the damned application said. Wait until he decides he wants to run the UN when he's finished off the U.S.A. Looks to me as if he's already running for that job, the way he's reflexively capitulating to every third-world dickhead on earth.
No wonder they can't get anything done in Washington. As a body, they lack the courage of their own convictions, and the self-confidence to go “all in” when they know they are holding a great hand. Then when someone comes along that does, they go all “Body Snatchers” on them - screaming and pointing, hoping no one notices their own callow hypocrisy (or more accurately, they get their media puppies to bark for them).
What would one think of an employee who spends all day at work, actively courting employment with, and even taking money from, a competitor? How long would that employee last if they did that out in the open?
At least Palin has the guts and integrity to walk away from one job before she seeks another.
:o)
I will temporarily suspend my self-imposed rule of not commenting on Mrs. Palin's appearance.
She is beautiful, truly beautiful.
Rule now back in place.
YES ALmost old enough to be her mother,but you are so right..TRULY BEAUTIFUL.
It’s my new most favorite picture of her...Have added
SARAH TAKES THE ROAD LEAST TRAVELED!
Jenne d’Arc ended up being canonized. That said, no living human should be compared to any Saint, even Sarah Palin shudders at the thought of being likened to la Pucelle.
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck is a good book.
Show us ONE Real Freeper who compared Sarah to Jesus, please.
That is really interesting. Thanks for sharing and thanks for adding your expertise to the production on PBS.
Mr.B HOMEPAGE????
You’re reading too much in to it and missing the point.
The underlying fact is that if she had stayed on as governor until the end of her term, she would spend too many of hers and the state's resources fighting bullsh*t ethics charges.
Her enemies have unlimited resources to fling this sh*t at her and she (and her state) have limited resources with which to defend the barrage. She has a like-minded and very capable Lt. Governor to take over and her job description and high profile has certainly outgrown governing the state of Alaska which, by the way, she did more than two years longer than Zero served in the U.S. Senate. And Zero had nary a noteworthy accomplishment in that brief tme.
You asked me to show you a FReeper who compared Sarah to Christ. Do you want me to dig up the individual posts for you, too?
You said — You’re reading too much in to it and missing the point.
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Well, you say I may be “reading too much into it” and I say that others may be “reaching for too much to justify it”... LOL...
I don’t need no George Washington to justify quitting a position. It’s no big deal. If my neighbor quits a job and then resorts to some justification like George Washington for what he just did — I’m going to walk off with a great big smile on my face and laugh when I get home... :-)
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