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To: familyop

That’s funny because Washington is by far THE greatest president and the greatest MAN ever, and he was more a “smoothie” than a bull in a china shop ala Trump.

The man kept himself in check. He was highly emotional and passionate but metered himself. That is part of why people of all stripes venerated Washington as no other man has ever been, because he was so wise and in control, including of himself. They followed his example. He stopped his military from angrily marching onto Congress. Almost no one could honestly hate the man...you were a fool if you did, even those who opposed him (Jefferson).

Who else was much like that? Reagan was, and he was cheery about it while Washington was more serious.

This is not looking like an American Rev, BTW, as so many try to refer; it’s looking more like the bratty brutal out of control French Rev. There is zero organization and rational thought process as there was in the American Rev.


60 posted on 01/07/2021 6:03:52 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: the OlLine Rebel

George Washington was a military combat leader living a military life, much of it in the field. Ronald Reagan was an actor from California who’d been a transportation officer and actor in the Army.


63 posted on 01/07/2021 6:24:17 AM PST by familyop
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