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Disney remembers a different 'Alamo' [Hugh Hewitt on Hollywood's latest project to redefine America]
www.worldnetdaily.com ^ | February 26, 2003 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 02/26/2003 3:13:27 AM PST by RonDog

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To: metesky
Most bitterest?

"In fact we may Say with propriety that we have the government of one man Andrew Jackson holds both the Sword and purse and Claims it by the Constitution as the Arms and amunition and other public property and he has tools and Slaves to his party enough to Sustain him in the house of representatives But we have one hope the Senate will Save the Constitution and laws in spite of King Andrew the first.... we are gitting his poor lick Spittles almost ashamed of them selves" (Crockett, May 26, 1834).

"I have Said for the last four years that I would vote for the devil against Van [Buren] and any man under the Sun against Jackson and I have got no better yet" (Crockett, December 27, 1834).

These are quotes just taken at random from James Shackford's biography of Crockett. Crockett's anti-Jacksonian politics are well known, and are amply described therein. Davy was defeated for re-election by Adam Huntsman largely because of his opposition to what he saw as Jackson's tyranny.

41 posted on 02/27/2003 10:06:53 AM PST by SpringheelJack
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There are many people who believe that Crockett's much publicized feud with Jackson, his former mentor, was part of the plot.

Besides, I was mocking your grammar and usage: most bitterest indeed...

And you stuttered.

42 posted on 02/27/2003 11:58:58 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can)
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To: metesky
There are many people who believe that Crockett's much publicized feud with Jackson, his former mentor, was part of the plot.

Uh huh. Documentation?

Besides, I was mocking your grammar and usage: most bitterest indeed...

For a Grammar Nazi you're an awfully poor one. It's pretty wild that you'd have the nerve to lecture me on my grammar after that run-on sentence you posted in #9 of this thread.

And you stuttered.

Free Republic has been having loading problems today, and I accidentally clicked my post in twice. No problem: the facts are worth repeating.

43 posted on 02/27/2003 12:50:25 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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Free Republic has been having loading problems today

No kidding! What a pain in the butt, eh?

44 posted on 02/27/2003 7:15:03 PM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can)
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To: RonDog
Let's get it straight. Davy did not surrender. Most scholars have concluded the Pena diary was a hoax. Was he trapped inside the Alamo? Probably. He could have left as could any of the others. He chose to stay and it may have been his legendary status that forced him to stay. After all, he was Davy Crockett.

As for the comment that he was an agent for Jackson. Poppycock! He hated Jackson. I was Jackson who ran a lawyer against him when he lost his reelection bid to Congress. He and Jackson parted ways over squatters' rights.

Finally, I had a chance to audition for a part in this film and turned it down once I learned how they were going to portay the patriots who died there. This is one Texan who will not waste his money. Billy Bob Thornton is a Clinton butt licker and he is on my list of "don't see" actors.

45 posted on 02/27/2003 7:28:59 PM PST by Terry Mross
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Good stuff, RonDog!

Watched John Wayne's version night before last. Spectacular cinematography. Will rewatch it in lieu of disney's latest trash.

46 posted on 02/27/2003 9:49:47 PM PST by jo6pac
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NEVER FORGET


'ALAMO Legend, Take 2' = L.A. Times

http://TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=729


NEVER FORGET
47 posted on 03/02/2003 6:53:52 AM PST by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRay.com)
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