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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:17 AM Original message |
Harper Lee being given the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Harper Lee ought to refuse to accept same from the war criminal. nt. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Luckily |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Hello? this is a political event, it is not a pulitzer prize. nt. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. She won the Pulitzer 46 years ago |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Yes she did. But you asserted that this was not a political event. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's a National medal - not Bush's personal medal. Accepting it is NOT an |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Hitler. nt. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Mon Nov-05-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Wow - how intelligent of you |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. The point being you really cannot separate the medal giver from the medal. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Mon Nov-05-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Whether you like him or not he represents our Nation. This honor is |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. blah blah blah |
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endarkenment
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. There is a compelling argument. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Her famous character... |
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EFerrari
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. That's what I was thinking, too. He probably has no idea |
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SteppingRazor
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Given who he's already handed that thing out to... |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I think calling it "a good book" |
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SteppingRazor
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh, certainly. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I understand.... |
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SteppingRazor
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It is definitely an outstanding one, but as you pointed out below... |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Heheh... |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. But it's not a perfect book |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Again |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. A good book? |
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liberal N proud
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. The medal comes pre-tarnished |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. She should try writing more books |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I dunno..... |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Care to defend that opinion |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I'm not looking at it as a competition. |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's fair enough (nt) |
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JeffR
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. This phrase deserves an award itself: |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. For a book the Imbecile in Chief never read or failed to comprehend. |
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UTUSN
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. She should show some Atticus FINCH moxey and throw it in Shrub's face n/t |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You think that's what Atticus Finch would do? |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Atticus would show up and shake the President's hand |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Exactly |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Nov-05-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. No. |
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UTUSN
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Mon Nov-05-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks for the gentlemanly reply instead of the Did-you-read-the-book type!1 n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Nov-05-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I don't see how anybody who's read the book... |
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cgrindley
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Mon Nov-05-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Of course he would |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Mon Nov-05-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. yay for harper lee. |
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Ezlivin
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. Visiting Bush is like visiting Bob Ewell |
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Venus Dog
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. I have believed for some time now that Truman Capote wrote that book |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Capote is my favorite American writer... |
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Venus Dog
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Capote had already moved on and was totally obsessed with "In Cold Blood" |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes |
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Venus Dog
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "In Cold Blood" I believe broke his spirit |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I disagree about his loyalty |
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OzarkDem
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Mon Nov-05-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. But it was a good book... |
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OzarkDem
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Mon Nov-05-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Mine, too |
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EFerrari
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Mon Nov-05-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The "borrowings" likely go the other way. |
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applegrove
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Was a great book but as was pointed out in a debate (I think Nova Scotia) that book |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Oh, I don't argue that it's sufficient |
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applegrove
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Mon Nov-05-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I loved the movie. |
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book_worm
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Miss Lee wrote my favorite book. I'm pleased that she got this high award. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Thank you. |
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Spirochete
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Mon Nov-05-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. Will he take it back |
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edhopper
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Mon Nov-05-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. She is getting it now? |
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youthere
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Mon Nov-05-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. " To Kill a Mockingbird" or " My Pet Goat"..which book has Bush actually read? |
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