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Thompson Played Grant _ No Hero in South
AP via SFGate ^ | 11/13/7 | Jim Davenport

Posted on 11/13/2007 1:06:08 PM PST by SmithL

Charleston, S.C. (AP) -- Fred Thompson has gotten a lot of mileage out of his movie and TV fame as he runs for the Republican presidential nomination. And on Tuesday, speaking at The Citadel military college, he made sure to mention one of his recent roles: president of the United States, in the movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

But that wasn't all good for someone campaigning in the South.

"Some people say I've got a little making up to do," he said. "The last role I played when I was in the movies — I played Ulysses S. Grant." That's the Northern Civil War general who went on to become president. But it could have been worse.

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


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To: stainlessbanner

there is a dixie ping?

i thought i’ve seen all the pings here.


101 posted on 11/13/2007 5:34:31 PM PST by postaldave (republicans need spending rehab before trying to control congress again.)
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To: JamesP81
In order to have carnage don't you need dead people? Sherman may have burned anything that supported the confederate war effort but your implication that he went around slaughtering anyone who moved is ridiculous. I'd like to know just how many civilians you think he killed?
102 posted on 11/13/2007 5:44:07 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: PzLdr
Longstreet was married to either Julia Grant’s sister, or cousin.

Other way around. Julia Dent was a distant cousin of Longstreet's.

103 posted on 11/13/2007 5:47:11 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: SittinYonder
>> Why should he feel the need to apologize for portraying a man, a former general and president, who served his country to the best of his ability? He's not. He's apologizing for playing a Yankee. <<

He's "played a yankee" in probably half a dozen films.

104 posted on 11/13/2007 5:47:26 PM PST by BillyBoy (FACT: Governors win. Senators DON'T. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it)
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To: SmithL

Fred is not funny.


105 posted on 11/13/2007 5:48:01 PM PST by Saundra Duffy (Romney Rocks!)
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To: Mr. Lucky
A theory I once had to expound upon in college was that Sherman’s tactics in Georgia were indirectly the result of Nathan B. Forrest’s success in interdicting Yankee supply and support systems.

True. In his letter to Grant proposing his march to the sea, Sherman wrote: "It will be a physical impossibility to protect the roads, now that Hood, Forrest, Wheeler, and the whole batch of devils are turned loose without home or habitation. I think that Hood's movements indicate a diversion to the end of the Selma & Talledega road, at Blue Mountain, about 60 miles southwest of Rome, where he will threaten Kingston, Bridgeport, and Decatur, Alabama, I propose that we break up the railroad from Chattanooga forward, and that we strike out with our wagons for Midgeville, Millen, and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for us to occupy it, but the utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people, will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men each month, and we will gain no result. I can make this march, and make Georgia howl! We have on hand over 8 thousand head of cattle and three million rations of bread, but no corn. We can find plenty of forage in the interior of the state."

106 posted on 11/13/2007 5:51:08 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: SmithL

I think he was just having a little fun by noting that he played Grant. No one seriously thinks that would, or should, hurt him in the South.


107 posted on 11/13/2007 5:52:07 PM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: Moonman62
I think you mean the War of Northern Aggression..:^)
108 posted on 11/13/2007 5:52:08 PM PST by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter...President '08)
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To: SmithL

Seriously, are we looking for reasonable commentary on GOP candidates from the SF papers????

And besides that, honestly, it was probably a pretty good joke when he said it.


109 posted on 11/13/2007 5:52:37 PM PST by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: Guenevere

No, I believe he means the War of Southern Rebellion.


110 posted on 11/13/2007 5:53:35 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: SmithL

Gosh, the lamestream media is sure afraid of Fred. I wonder why? Probably for the same reason that they prefer Hitlery - they’re just not too bright.


111 posted on 11/13/2007 5:56:56 PM PST by meyer (Illegal Immigration - The profits are privatized, the costs are socialized.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

He doesn’t HAVE to. He’s playing off of stereotypes and history. It’s a joke. Don’t you ever take a day off?


112 posted on 11/13/2007 6:00:01 PM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
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To: Spktyr

My understanding is that Sherman was a tireless supporter of veterans from both sides after the war, that he never turned away a vet who had fallen on hard times, and that the Southroners developed a real respect and admiration for him in his later years.


113 posted on 11/13/2007 6:00:59 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Non-Sequitur; JamesP81

I just got through reading some about Sherman. He disliked war in general and wanted to put a quick end to it. He ordered all civilians evacuated before torching Atlanta. He ordered his men to leave rations for the household, and not to use abusive language when they were commandeering food on their march. (though that didn’t apply in areas where there was armed resistance). He was admired by Confederate generals Lee and Johnston, and Johnston was a pallbearer at Sherman’s funeral.


114 posted on 11/13/2007 6:11:52 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: SmithL

“Hang him out and dry him..”

(He’s an actor - it doesn’t matter to me whichywhat he played...)


115 posted on 11/13/2007 6:15:35 PM PST by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: SmithL

They must really fear FRed on the left coast.


116 posted on 11/13/2007 6:20:33 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Non-Sequitur
I wish we had a President today that would allow our generals to fight wars like Grant and Sherman. I am from Alabama, we still have too many old demicrats here, like they had a hundred years ago. They want to hold down everyone black or white and live like the Kennedy's and Clinton's. I am thankful we had leaders like Grant and Lincoln. Urinate on the Clinton's, Kennedy's and Johnson and Carter.
117 posted on 11/13/2007 6:23:22 PM PST by Lewite (Praise YAHWEH and Proclaim His Wonderful Name! Islam, the end time Beast-the harlot of Babylon.)
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To: Moonman62

You mean it’s not just halftime?


118 posted on 11/13/2007 6:31:51 PM PST by Texas Mulerider
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To: PzLdr
Longstreet was married to either Julia Grant’s sister, or cousin.

Same difference. :)

jk

119 posted on 11/13/2007 6:32:36 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: stevem

Longstreet became a Republican after the War.


120 posted on 11/13/2007 6:32:38 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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