To: OLD REGGIE
LOL, sort of. (Was Cushing an alcoholic? I don’t know these things.)
7,552 posted on
08/09/2010 1:12:16 PM PDT by
Mad Dawg
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To: Mad Dawg
LOL, sort of. (Was Cushing an alcoholic? I don’t know these things.)
I really don't know. He was well known in Irish drinking and gambling circles. Rumor has it that he spent more time at Suffolk Downs than in Church.
Still, after all is said and done, he was a fine man.
7,557 posted on
08/09/2010 1:20:17 PM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: Mad Dawg; OLD REGGIE
I heard from someone who knew him that Cardinal Cushing was fairly typical of the South Boston stereotype.
7,559 posted on
08/09/2010 1:36:20 PM PDT by
wagglebee
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