To: Solson
Boy, that encyclopedia sure is sugar-coating ol' Louis!
He was one of the Bad Men of history, but at least he made the trains (read: business of the empire) run on time.
He was more paranoid than Howard Hughes.
102 posted on
04/01/2004 3:50:17 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother
But...he raised taxes dramatically, bought support, did things by commission giving the false sense of public support, etc...married twice. :) There are many similarities. I think we should run with John Kerry as King Louis XI!!! :)
103 posted on
04/01/2004 3:52:38 PM PST by
Solson
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