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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:20 AM Original message |
Why does no one compare Bush to George Armstrong Custer? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Lack of bravery? nt |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ha! I was thinking the same thing just the other weekend... |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. We fear the analogy with our "leader" |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Custer was brave, good looking, and actually went to war |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. I love the quote, which is from Little Big Man, but it's appropriate |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Custer actually helped save the Union... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. how about comparing him to nero, who fiddled while rome burned? |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 04:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I have heard it cogently argued that this is a slander. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 05:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. More Like Bucephalus Than Nero |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. He's very much like Custer |
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