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JimGinPA

(14,811 posts) Sat Aug 29, 2020, 02:03 PM Aug 2020

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One Of The Things Most Surprising To Me About This Election Cycle...

Are all of the usually nonpartisan Presidential historians publicly slamming tRump. I've heard Doris Kearns Goodwin, Douglas Brinkley, Michael Beschloss really call him out & even the Never-tRumper Jon Meacham spoke at the Democratic convention against tRump. It speaks volumes.

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One Of The Things Most Surprising To Me About This Election Cycle... (Original Post) JimGinPA Aug 2020 OP

Beschloss is the Historian Extraordinaire Bayard Aug 2020 #1

Is Steven an historian too? Hamlette Aug 2020 #2

Fuckin A ! That was out of the park! liberalla Aug 2020 #3

I hope the American public notices what you're noticing. Most Americans think historians matter. ancianita Aug 2020 #4

Actually, Steven's brother, Michael, is the historian. Steven is a journalist & author. catbyte Aug 2020 #5

Bayard

(22,099 posts)

1. Beschloss is the Historian Extraordinaire

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 02:13 PM

Aug 2020

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)

2. Is Steven an historian too?

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 03:35 PM

Aug 2020

liberalla

(9,249 posts)

3. Fuckin A ! That was out of the park!

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 03:40 PM

Aug 2020

Thank you Mr. Beschloss!!!

I wish we had a 'home run' emoji !

ancianita

(36,090 posts)

4. I hope the American public notices what you're noticing. Most Americans think historians matter.

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 04:04 PM

Aug 2020

catbyte

(34,403 posts)

5. Actually, Steven's brother, Michael, is the historian. Steven is a journalist & author.

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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 04:05 PM

Aug 2020

But I've seen Michael criticize trump, too. And they look a lot alike.

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