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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: stand watie
"...you had better "play nice", otherwise i won't read/post to any of the three of you..."

promises promises bigot. Your way of making sport is akin to peeing your own pants and then pointing to it. Your mama must be so proud!
241 posted on 11/23/2007 3:07:05 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: rockrr; All
laughing AT you.

are you REALLY that DUMB & clue-LESS, or could it be that you're just "playing a role" & making the DYs here LOOK worse than they normally do ???

free dixie,sw

242 posted on 11/23/2007 3:14:17 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Your mirror beckons half-wit...


243 posted on 11/23/2007 3:29:42 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: rockrr
laughing AT you.

free dixie,sw

244 posted on 11/23/2007 3:33:35 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie
laughing AT you. free dixie,sw

...said the half-wit with a line of drool going down his chin...
245 posted on 11/23/2007 3:36:04 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: SittinYonder

hehehehe :)


246 posted on 11/29/2007 7:29:23 PM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: Non-Sequitur

“Three hundred thousand Yankees
Is stiff in Southern dust;
We got three hundred thousand
Before they conquered us;

They died of Southern fever
And Southern steel and shot,
I wish they was three million
Instead of what we got. “

Yep. War IS Hell.


247 posted on 11/29/2007 7:34:59 PM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: TexConfederate1861
I'm surprised you left this part out.

I hate the constitution, this great republic too
I hate the Freedman's Bureau in uniforms so blue
I hate the nasty eagle with all the brag and fuss
And the lying, thieving Yankees, I hate 'em worse and worse

I hate the Yankee nation and everything they do
I hate the Declaration of Independence too
I hate the glorious Union, 'tis dripping with our blood
And I hate their Yankee banner and I fought it all I could

Hate the Constiontion (obvious), hate the Freedman's Bureau (helped freed slaves and poor whites), hate the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. flag and the United States (not surprising). What the heck are all y'all still doing here?

248 posted on 11/30/2007 3:53:43 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Noni:

My point in using that verse was that Yankees found out war could be HELL, as well. It works both ways.

As for the “song” by Randolph Innes, I think he was looking for something to rhyme. It would have been more appropriate if he would have said in some way that he hated the “Yankee Interpretation” of the Constitution. But he was a very bitter soldier.


249 posted on 11/30/2007 4:42:20 AM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: Non-Sequitur

By the way, it is expected, that the ex-soldier would “hate” the United States and the flag, as his country had been invaded, subjegated, and conquered.


250 posted on 11/30/2007 4:44:49 AM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: SmithL

whatever

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dittos


251 posted on 11/30/2007 4:47:48 AM PST by Hunterite
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To: Non-Sequitur

I hate the constitution, this great republic too
I hate the Freedman’s Bureau in uniforms so blue
I hate the nasty eagle with all the brag and fuss
And the lying, thieving Yankees, I hate ‘em worse and worse

I hate the Yankee nation and everything they do
I hate the Declaration of Independence too
I hate the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood
And I hate their Yankee banner and I fought it all I could

***********************

What a catchy tune.

(Libertarians love the Confederates)


252 posted on 11/30/2007 4:53:11 AM PST by Hunterite
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To: Hunterite
(Libertarians love the Confederates)

Why on Earth would libertarians love confederates? Jefferson Davis ran one of the worst constitution trashing, big intrusive government, high tax, high regulation, fiscally irresponsible administrations in recorded history. The confederate cause was built on denying basic rights to one third of their population. It's supporters, while in the U.S. Congress, promoted government intervention at the expense of the states. The confederacy should by rights be an anathema to any real libertarian.

253 posted on 11/30/2007 5:32:56 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
As for the “song” by Randolph Innes, I think he was looking for something to rhyme. It would have been more appropriate if he would have said in some way that he hated the “Yankee Interpretation” of the Constitution. But he was a very bitter soldier.

So where is he trying to rhyme Constitution or Declaration of Independence with anything? Nice try, but I think the screed speaks for itself. Innes Randolph hated the United States and everything having anything to do with it. But, like so many other ex-rebs then and since, he didn't hate it enough to actually up and leave the it.

254 posted on 11/30/2007 5:38:03 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
By the way, it is expected, that the ex-soldier would “hate” the United States and the flag, as his country had been invaded, subjegated, and conquered.

And that's become the Southron theme song. Start a war, lose a war, blame everybody but yourself for the consequences. It's been going on for 140-plus years.

255 posted on 11/30/2007 5:39:17 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

A lot of them DID leave it.
But many more of them stayed, but still felt they were right. My ancestors were among the latter.


256 posted on 11/30/2007 5:47:24 AM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: Non-Sequitur

Well, as to who started the war, that is subject to argument. And I will be the first to say that SOME of the blame is on the South.

Are you feeling your “oats” this morning Noni?
You seem to be in your “Southern-Bashing” mode, more than usual....:)


257 posted on 11/30/2007 5:50:35 AM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: TexConfederate1861
But many more of them stayed, but still felt they were right. My ancestors were among the latter.

And a lot of those who stayed were like Randolph; have nothing but pure, bloody hatred for the country but stick around anyway. A lot of your cohorts are still like that.

258 posted on 11/30/2007 5:58:06 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
Are you feeling your “oats” this morning Noni? You seem to be in your “Southern-Bashing” mode, more than usual....:)

You posted to me.

259 posted on 11/30/2007 5:59:26 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Yes, I know I did, but you seem to be attacking as if I was “stand watie...:)

Seriously, I know of few on the “Southron” side that hate this country. Most are veterans like myself. It is hard to hate something you have bled for, even if you disagree....
That doesn’t mean I agree with the course of action the US took in 1861.


260 posted on 11/30/2007 7:55:02 AM PST by TexConfederate1861
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