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Lincoln Memorial and the Pashas of the Right
American Thinker ^ | J.R. Dunn

Posted on 01/25/2019 2:58:45 AM PST by RoosterRedux

We're sweeping past the Lincoln Memorial incident without adequately dealing with one of its crucial outcomes: the abject failure of traditional conservative media.

In fact, it's twice in the past two weeks that conservative media, instead of the thoughtful, measured approach required of them, immediately jumped through the hoops set up by the left and then lined up happily, dancing on their hind legs and barking for treats.

The first involved Steve King and his "white supremacy" oration. Now, don't get me wrong: King clearly revealed himself to be a jackass. At best, he's the latest in a long line of conservative pols (George H.W. Bush, Todd Akin, and Roy Moore among them) who pranced into the lair of the left-wing mass media, certain that they were pals and that they didn't have to worry about anything in speaking to them.

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And then comes the Lincoln Memorial. Anyone who doesn't know the facts about this incident and its true nature deserves to have it explained to him by his own personal herald wearing a square hat and a cloth-of-gold tunic. We'll move on to the conservative reaction.

It wouldn't be fair to say that this was the equivalent of King, a public figure who is supposed to expect flak and be able to handle it. The kids of Covington Catholic High School are no such thing. They are ordinary kids, though, as shown by their concern for the unborn, more than a little bit above the general run in moral awareness. They were the last in the world who deserved to be tossed onto a public bonfire by half-demented lefties and corrupt media aristocrats. But so they were.

This brings us, once again, to our conservative elite, who were right there beside the contenders from CNN, the NYT...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covington; covingtoncatholic; nro

1 posted on 01/25/2019 2:58:45 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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“Iterum Magna fac Americae”

should be ‘Americam magnam iterum fac’; (word order not important) but case and gender are...America is the direct object, thusly requiring the accusative...’Magna’ and ‘Americae’ do not agree in case; should be ‘magna America’(ablative) or ‘magnae Americae’(dative); usage wise, however, both are wrong...

hey, it’s Friday...


2 posted on 01/25/2019 3:28:35 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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RR, After I get my lower jaw up from my collar button, all I've got to say is....

It's so true, and I am so $^^%$%$&&%, I could scream.

Actually, I have nothing to say. My best-buddy spiritual advisor, a helluva better Catholic than I am, said sometimes you just have to meditate on a couple of Psalms from your Kindle Bible, and pray for Wisdom.

O Lord,give me wisdom.

3 posted on 01/25/2019 8:01:21 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("He who is not angered when there is a true just cause for anger, sins." - St. Augustine)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Hey, Mrs. D. After all the disappointment regarding the media overreaction to what happened, I can say that I am proud as punch of the incredibly mature young men of Covington Catholic High School.

At least some schools are raising them like we used to.

Gives me hope that America may make it yet.

4 posted on 01/25/2019 8:32:23 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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