elleng
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:16 PM
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Watch Charlie Rose yesterday rerun |
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for excellent discussion history/policy etc, Goodwin, Meacham, Brinkley.
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:20 PM
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1. Meacham impresses me. Goodwin's a tool. nt |
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:22 PM
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2. DEAR CAP'N, Doris went to MY HIGH SCHOOL! WATCH IT! |
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Edited on Fri Apr-09-10 12:24 PM by elleng
(KIDDING!) If she's a 'tool,' its an LBJ-tool. Ok with me at the moment.
Obama THINKS in paragraphs!
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:32 PM
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3. Yes, that's a great line. |
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But I'll admit that I think she got off lightly on the plagerism wrap.
Even her book "Team of Rivals" is a re-do of one written in the '40s that Eleanor Roosevelt gave to friends.
She's a lazy researcher.
I LOVED her book on the Dodgers and I think the structure/idea of the book on the Roosevelt's was BRILLIANT. But the research was shoddy. She/they missed/ignored some key primary information on what a shit FDR was to Eleanor after her brother died. Had they included that, the first third of the book would have had a very different tone.
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:33 PM
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4. Can't stomach Meacham. |
elleng
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:40 PM
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5. Please watch, if you can., |
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No one on program smug, imo. Interesting info, analysis, etc.
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:05 PM
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7. It's nice to see Beschloss isn't in the mix. nt |
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:07 PM
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8. Wouldn't know it was him, anyhow, due to 'costume' changes. |
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(Hair, that is!)
:sarcasm:
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:13 PM
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9. I've met him and his hair was very, very strange looking. A solid. Like Superman's or something. nt |
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:15 PM
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Searching for the 'good old days,' I think.
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:04 PM
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6. Yes, but his book on FDR&Churchill is VERY good as is his on Jackson. nt |
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