Black is White, Democrat is Republican - Bush is Smart

[TacticalPeek]

Over at Eschaton -


Thursday, February 10, 2005

Shotgun Martini

Oh jumping jeebus. Check out the White House presidential history page. They've taken to calling Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams "Republicans" because, you know, they were members of the Democratic-Republican party, so therefore they're Republicans.

I do need a drink.

Even the RNC is more honest than the White House:


The Republican Party was born in the early 1850's by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge. The first informal meeting of the party took place in Ripon, Wisconsin, a small town northwest of Milwaukee. The first official Republican meeting took place on July 6th, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan. The name "Republican" was chosen because it alluded to equality and reminded individuals of Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. At the Jackson convention, the new party adopted a platform and nominated candidates for office in Michigan.

In 1856, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Fremont was nominated for President under the slogan: "Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont." Even though they were considered a "third party" because the Democrats and Whigs represented the two-party system at the time, Fremont received 33% of the vote. Four years later, Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the White House.



Is our children learning?
-Atrios 7:00 PM




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Wake me when it's over.

(Or is it already over?)

[LostInAnomie]

1. Of course, and so was FDR.

Don't bother to look it up. He just was, so accept it.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Bush is Smart

[Haymare22]

3. I remember learnin'....

the names actually meant the exact opposite. Dems stood for money and priviledge and repugs stood for normal people, now cannot recall who altered that reality.

[Katidid]

4. Bush is Smart and Hates the "elite" Thinker ...

A Quote from Alter-net:
“By the way, this guy -- PhD. See, I was a C student. He's a PhD, so he's probably got a little more credibility. I do think it's
interesting and should be heartening for all C students out there,
notice who's the President and who's the advisor.” -- George W. Bush, Feb. 4, 2005

[Haymare22]

5. Fremont.....yeah...

"Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont."
Yeah, he did a lot for CO.....helped steal kill wipe out the natives. Yeah, he's another....

Ever been thru Chivington, CO? The area looks like some serious bad shit juju. Looks like hell on the prairie....just a spit town but you can sense, you can feel, you can see some bad shit happened there.