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Warpy

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1. I didn't know she had that in her

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 03:44 PM

Jul 2015

I'm a little shocked that she did.

But we do need to know our history and our history says that only the landless came here, that the magistrates and many colonial governors were just passing through on their way to their inheritances back home. The gentry had too good a deal to risk everything in a new world. It was the underclass who took the risk.

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Interesting comment about Trump by Peggy Noonan [View all] question everything Jul 2015 OP

I didn't know she had that in her Warpy Jul 2015 #1

maybe she has sobered up in her elder years... CTyankee Jul 2015 #7

Every once in a while she says something that makes me think we can make a democrat of her Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #10

No. Yes. Note Ms. Noonan's assumption that the "best" were privileged classes, not those who came, Hortensis Jul 2015 #20

That's why she put the word in quotation marks. Demit Jul 2015 #35

Wooh... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #11

Perhaps, like most Republicans she is afraid that Trump will lose them the election question everything Jul 2015 #18

That makes Trump different from the other GOP candidates how? Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #23

Bernard Bailyn, Voyagers to the West malthaussen Jul 2015 #2

Thanks for that SusanaMontana41 Jul 2015 #21

Trump can see the Mexican border from his New York City penthouse.. Playinghardball Jul 2015 #3

lol n/t restorefreedom Jul 2015 #25

So true. kentuck Jul 2015 #4

It is so weird to like TNNurse Jul 2015 #5

Cant believe she said that - good for her. jwirr Jul 2015 #6

Um..."Paddy wagons" were named for the IRISH COPS, NOT IRISH CRIMINALS. She simply uses the WinkyDink Jul 2015 #8

I'm thinking about that song "This old man, he played one, he played knick knack on CTyankee Jul 2015 #13

They all became Episcopalians. maindawg Jul 2015 #14

Potato famine Irish here. Conscription-dodging German on the other side. NBachers Jul 2015 #9

So much for the rich brag about family that came over on the Mayflower as if they're royalty. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #12

mm, did she mention things like the "no irish need apply" signs? niyad Jul 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Hortensis Jul 2015 #16

by the way, peggy dear, just because people are poor, does not mean they are not "the best" niyad Jul 2015 #17

She may have been thinking of the "wretched refuse" line... malthaussen Jul 2015 #24

excellent point restorefreedom Jul 2015 #26

Heh. Just look at Trump - LiberalElite Jul 2015 #34

Not surprising in the least. The repug sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #19

New Colossus ... the sonnet on the Statue of Liberty NotHardly Jul 2015 #22

She equates best with elite. WTF is that. Why do people do that? lonestarnot Jul 2015 #27

Because she's in "the elite" herself (presidential speechwriter, etc) JHB Jul 2015 #30

So can that be carried into the white middle class working stiffs? Identification? Is that why lonestarnot Jul 2015 #32

Even a stopped clock... JHB Jul 2015 #28

Yep shenmue Jul 2015 #31

Is she kookie roberts sister? lonestarnot Jul 2015 #29

And signs said, "No Irish Need Apply." MineralMan Jul 2015 #33

Anyone see the movie "Another Earth"? randome Jul 2015 #36