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Doesn't He Remind You Of .. Finding John Kerry's archetype on television and in books -Hugh Hewitt
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/933ledjc.asp
| 04/01/04
| by Hugh Hewitt
Posted on 03/31/2004 9:27:36 PM PST by MNJohnnie
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To: MNJohnnie
He looks like he has Marfan's Syndrome.
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posted on
04/01/2004 3:49:10 PM PST
by
joonbug
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.
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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!!! :)
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posted on
04/01/2004 3:52:38 PM PST
by
Solson
(Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
To: Solson
Another parallel that I just thought of:
Louis XI used his religion for his own advantage. He was at best an infidel, but he attempted to bribe the Church and the saints by making outlandish vows and giving large sums of money for their help in his enterprises. His entire hat was covered with cheap holy medals of various saints that he enlisted for his purposes.
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posted on
04/01/2004 3:56:08 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother
Excellent!
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posted on
04/01/2004 4:21:49 PM PST
by
Solson
(Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
To: IDOlog
They're two poofs in a pic! By AIG, do you mean the former ALabaster candidate?
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posted on
04/01/2004 4:37:19 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: AnAmericanMother
John Bold was impetuous, ambitious and naive. I don't think he was mean or bad. He was good-looking and loved Eleanor.
"The Warden" is probably the most exasperating of the church novels, for me, anyway. My husband won't hear any criticism of any of the novels.
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posted on
04/01/2004 4:51:37 PM PST
by
Barset
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
04/01/2004 6:31:26 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Proud member of the Offensive Banned Tagline club.)
To: MNJohnnie
Remember Guy Smiley?
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posted on
04/01/2004 6:33:31 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Proud member of the Offensive Banned Tagline club.)
To: MNJohnnie
He does want
To serve man
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posted on
04/01/2004 7:53:00 PM PST
by
Friend of thunder
(No sane person wants war, but oppressors want oppression.)
To: Barset
I didn't mean that John Bold was a bad man - I agree that he was naive and he certainly set into motion things (like the news media) that he didn't intend. I just didn't see Eleanor as she was developed in the later novels to be a likely match for him, or him for her.
The Warden is so much shorter than the others that I find it hard to compare with Barchester Towers or The Last Chronicle, etc. I think Framley Parsonage is probably my favorite of the Barsetshire novels, simple because the character of Mr. Crawley is so fascinating. Apparently he was patterned largely on Trollope's own unfortunate father.
Does your husband brook any criticism of the later novels (e.g. The Way We Live Now?) Surely he admits that that awful novel about the British colony that adopted euthanasia (The Fixed Period) is pretty bad?
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posted on
04/01/2004 7:59:48 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: RonDog; xm177e2; mercy; Wait4Truth; hole_n_one; GretchenEE; Clinton's a rapist; buffyt; ...
Hugh Hewitt MEGA PING!!
To: JohnHuang2
Who was that weird little guy who played in all sorts of old movies?? real short, nasty looking man...
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posted on
04/01/2004 10:20:05 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
To: JohnHuang2
Howdy. Hows the computer, feeling better?
114
posted on
04/01/2004 10:22:08 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
To: GeronL
Just a wee better tonight, thanks for asking, amigo. Still having a cable technician check it.
To: JohnHuang2
You wouldn't happen to know spanish would you? =o) *snicker*
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posted on
04/01/2004 10:24:37 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
To: GeronL
heh!
To: JohnHuang2
Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
04/01/2004 10:59:30 PM PST
by
Alamo-Girl
(Glad to be a monthly contributor to Free Republic!)
To: Alamo-Girl
Welcome :-)
To: binger
That new Dawn of the Dead retread movie came out just as Kerry revived his moribund campaign. Obviously, Teraysa dug him up.
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posted on
04/01/2004 11:02:20 PM PST
by
hershey
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