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tblue37

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56. She wanted to resign to take care of her husband (he had

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 12:48 AM

Dec 2011

Alzheimer's), but she didn't want a Democratic president to get to name her successor, so she helped appoint W to the presidency.

Afterward, when she saw how awful the Cheney/Bush administration was, she began to give speeches and interviews deploring the way they were shredding the Constitution.

I believe she actually felt shame over having helped put them into the position to do so much damage to this country, but I don't think anything she did then or does now can ever wipe that stain from her record. As Lady Macbeth says of her own guilt: "Here's the smell of the blood still. All the / perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this / little hand. O, O, O!"

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Only 1 in 3 American adults can name all three branches of government... [View all] ellisonz Dec 2011 OP

The humanities suffer; Math and Science are all that anyone care about REP Dec 2011 #1

yeah, but are people better in math and science ? JI7 Dec 2011 #2

More time is devoted to it in K-12 REP Dec 2011 #12

Here's the link: KatyaR Dec 2011 #27

NCLB mandated testing for Reading and Math ONLY... YvonneCa Dec 2011 #39

Math and Science may be "fetishized" fujiyama Dec 2011 #52

You wouldn't believe how many republican B Calm Dec 2011 #3

It's a good tactic... ellisonz Dec 2011 #4

I'll have to remember asking them when confronted. LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #37

Lemme see: Oak, Pine and Ash! So there, three branches rustydog Dec 2011 #46

Abc. NBC, and Fox. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2011 #5

Legislative, the Executive and Corporate branches? nt bowens43 Dec 2011 #6

I sent out some Tweets to educate my Twitter followers :) Tx4obama Dec 2011 #7

It's posts like this that make me wish... ellisonz Dec 2011 #9

Here ya go - just highlight the image, copy it, and save it somewhere Tx4obama Dec 2011 #15

This is true. ellisonz Dec 2011 #50

a public service barbtries Dec 2011 #11

Not nearly enough, only 1,640. n/t Tx4obama Dec 2011 #13

Not bad... I could tweet the cure for cancer in my Glassunion Dec 2011 #45

i believe the ptb want it this way. barbtries Dec 2011 #8

I think you're correct! City Lights Dec 2011 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Dec 2011 #10

Right. That tends to get forgotten. enough Dec 2011 #19

She wanted to resign to take care of her husband (he had tblue37 Dec 2011 #56

I couldn't agree more! City Lights Dec 2011 #24

Hyde on the 70's Show said the real branches of Government are Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #14

that sounds about right. Soylent Brice Dec 2011 #34

How about, The Military, The Corporations, and The Media? nt Ilsa Dec 2011 #43

When all they do in schools is teach how to take the standardized tests. hobbit709 Dec 2011 #16

This is a freakin sad state of our country and may explain the dumb signs at the Tea party events. Justice wanted Dec 2011 #17

Understanding How Government Works Is Disdained... KharmaTrain Dec 2011 #18

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Three branches: Corporate, Military and Media Monopoly Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #21

What gets me is when the answer is "The White House, HOR, and Senate". HopeHoops Dec 2011 #22

Oh come on, that's easy. It's the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. n/t VWolf Dec 2011 #23

No it's not--it's Larry, Curley, and Moe. asjr Dec 2011 #26

Most people can't even name their congressional district or their representative tjwash Dec 2011 #28

Easy question SOS Dec 2011 #29

I don't KNOW that this is the MOST critical information Land Shark Dec 2011 #30

but it's such a basic thing, i don't know anyone who would understand those other things you mention JI7 Dec 2011 #32

In general, we need words to think clearly. Having words to label something tblue37 Dec 2011 #57

It's awful, isn't it. MineralMan Dec 2011 #31

i never got that, these classes were one area where you can show current examples JI7 Dec 2011 #33

Correct ellisonz Dec 2011 #51

Rick Perry can name two of them. DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #35

Damn tawadi Dec 2011 #49

:) DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #59

Wall Street, Big Oil and the NRA. Glassunion Dec 2011 #36

I believe you are the winner Control-Z Dec 2011 #41

The dumbing down of America - for real. CakeGrrl Dec 2011 #38

So are you sayng 1 in 3 American adults are not teabaggers? William769 Dec 2011 #40

This is pathetic The Genealogist Dec 2011 #42

It's tertiary in that there's no test for it. ellisonz Dec 2011 #53

I did The Genealogist Dec 2011 #61

HAHAHAHA!!!! Cali_Democrat Dec 2011 #44

It's really not funny. ellisonz Dec 2011 #54

Their ignorance is forgivable. I, myself, thought the three branches were ... T S Justly Dec 2011 #47

The Republican presidential candidates speak as though they can tblue37 Dec 2011 #48

+1000 ellisonz Dec 2011 #55

I thought there were no longer 3 branches: just the crazy US House of Representatives frazzled Dec 2011 #58

and yet how many can name all the football teams within every division! It's amazing book_worm Dec 2011 #60

Cheney thinks there are four. He was the 4th. NOT JOKING. WinkyDink Dec 2011 #62

This is exactly what we are up against NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #63

2 in 3 Americans can't find their ass with both hands. nt Javaman Dec 2011 #64

So? They can name all three of the eldest Kardashian sisters. Arugula Latte Dec 2011 #65