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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:53 PM Original message |
Does anyone know why Washington's Farewell Address is being read on the Senate floor? |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know why but couldn't the Republics found someone with |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It was a terrible read. I want to volunteer to do it next time. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Maybe he's the best reader in the Republic's caucus! |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because he is leaving?? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. OR...anotherway to waste time! n/t |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This gets my vote. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. did they skip over the warning about political parties |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. that's what I was wondering--this is so strange, and I only caught it at the tail end. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The document was recently discovered |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. yes. it was on some evening news show last week. |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. mystery solved. thank you. too bad it had to be subsequently butchered on the Senate Floor. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. it has nothing to do with the discovery of a document |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. .....establishing military subservience to civil authority _ |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Unintended irony, perhaps? |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It was as if it was being read with no understanding or insight today; |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Republican" and "insight" are mutually exclusive. nt |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. they are pitching the Bush-Washington comparison |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. next they'll be calling it The Bush Memorial Washington Farewell Speech |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, its a tradition (see link) |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. thank you, thank you, thank you. I knew there had to be something to this |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You're welcome |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Thanks. All Americans should know this. A shame we don't. nt |
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