This is great

[Hoss]

Two brothers, both diametrically opposed on issues as R vs D, were on C-Span this morning when someone unexpected called in.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4519563/joy-woodhouse-calls-c-span-brothers

Hilarity ensued.

[heironymouspasparagus]

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."

Just a few short years before he called out the National Guard to kill students at Kent State....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Richard_Nixon

[Ed W]

Nixon didn't send the National Guard to Kent State. That was Ohio Governor Rhodes, may he rot in hell.

Ed W

[heironymouspasparagus]

Nixon didn't send the National Guard to Kent State. That was Ohio Governor Rhodes, may he rot in hell.

Ed W

Since 2001....not nearly long enough!


I know, but Nixon was Supreme Commander.  He bears ultimate responsibility - the whole "buck stops here" thing....

[Townsend]

Since 2001....not nearly long enough!


I know, but Nixon was Supreme Commander.  He bears ultimate responsibility - the whole "buck stops here" thing....

That was Truman.

I believe Nixon's was "Well, I am not a crook."

[heironymouspasparagus]

That was Truman.

I believe Nixon's was "Well, I am not a crook."

Yep.  But every one of them since Truman has embraced it....

[Hoss]

Yep.  But every one of them since Truman has embraced it....

Nixon?   Not so much I think...

[Ed W]

Clinton didn't inhale. I'm not sure about the others. Rumor has it that Truman enjoyed a fattie now and then

[Breadburner]

The Kim Chee is rampant in this thread.....

[heironymouspasparagus]

The Kim Chee is rampant in this thread.....

Ahhh...it's now time for the yeast infection....