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In reply to the discussion: Please stop and take a breath. Do we really want the first shot in the 2nd Civil War to [View all]malthaussen
(17,175 posts)4. I wonder how those people would have reacted to the Teddy Roosevelt heckler...
The story goes that Teddy was giving a speech, and asked why anyone would vote Democrat. Guy stands up in the crowd, and says "My father was a Democrat, and his father was a Democrat, so I'm a Democrat."
Roosevelt: "Sir, if your father was a jackass, and his father a jackass, what would that make you?"
Heckler: "A Republican!"
-- Mal
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coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
OP
Don't forget what Rand Paul's thugs did to a peaceful protester during the KY Senate campaign
Bake
Jun 2012
#38
I wonder how those people would have reacted to the Teddy Roosevelt heckler...
malthaussen
Jun 2012
#4
And to think Teddy Roosevelt was far to the left of everyone today except Bernie Sanders.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#18
That was back when heckling was a fine art. We could take some lessons
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#17
I guess I was thinking of a 'hot war' based on some of the posts I was reading. But I think
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#14
You better believe that if President Obama wins re-election, a civil war will erupt.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#21
Just as Fort Sumter was preceded by Brown's Ferry and, before that,
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#15
Thanks for the title rec. I'll check it out from the library soon. I've
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#30
Not at all. What I think he should do is bring some heavy hitters from the world of stand-up and
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#27
First off, unless he goes by the nickname of "Paddy," don't call him that, kay?
Scootaloo
Jun 2012
#33
Those people don't matter at all. There is nothing, absolutely nothing at all, that President Obama
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#51
I agree with you, but that's why we lose. Acting judiciously is exactly the mistake we never seem
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#54
And something else; We don't like to talk about this, but it is reality.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#53
Uh, black folk have been getting shot, hung, dragged out and burned alive, jailed, disrespected,
jtuck004
Jun 2012
#35
Touche. Except that a 'civil war' assumes two or more organized military
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#36
You're right of course. I just thought I might point out that black folk could wake up and never
jtuck004
Jun 2012
#49