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bucolic_frolic

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6. Southern aristocrats and their peculiar institution

Reply to BaronChocula (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 09:34 PM

Aug 2017

did not like Log Cabin Abe Lincoln, who was very unpopular in his day and not considered a very good commander
or adept politician.

As for Washington & Lee, is this another form of Hillary & Donald? They're all the same, aren't they?

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Were George Washington and Robert E. Lee really that different? [View all] BaronChocula Aug 2017 OP

Thought provoking. Xipe Totec Aug 2017 #1

I agree, the Founding Fathers were the first to start chipping away at slavery Quixote1818 Aug 2017 #2

Can you please explain BaronChocula Aug 2017 #12

But what suggests Washington would have been any different BaronChocula Aug 2017 #11

If we're going into hypotheticals, Xipe Totec Aug 2017 #14

In my humble opinion BaronChocula Aug 2017 #13

very simple recovering_democrat Aug 2017 #3

More questions? You didn't answer the first one. BaronChocula Aug 2017 #15

This is the United States. Robert E. Lee sent soldiers to war to fight against and kill Americans... George II Aug 2017 #4

Exactly . . . markpkessinger Aug 2017 #8

Had the Americans lost the Revolutionary War rpannier Aug 2017 #9

From a military standpoint... renegade000 Aug 2017 #5

Southern aristocrats and their peculiar institution bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #6

You can make the case with Hillary and Donald BaronChocula Aug 2017 #10

There were many reasons for the break with England. They filled an entire document TeamPooka Aug 2017 #7

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