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Mary Moyars-Johnson (MMJ)
On Feb 28, 2009, at 8:44 PM, macbd1 wrote:
> This heap of political dung that is devisive to our nation, that
> uses the names of Hitler and Thomas Jefferson in the same breath,
> is below limits of civilty for this list or anywhere except the
> NYT. Their number of readers have dropped like flies in recent
> years and they must sell their assets as well as their souls in an
> attempt to stay afloat.
>
> But this fits nicely with the scruples of those who have been
> trying to tear down Thomas Jefferson since the mid-1990's. It is
> self-admitting when Joseph Ellis (as once-leader or spokesman of
> the Monticello Foundation historians' group) says that tearing down
> Jefferson is paramount as "the dead-white-male who matters most"
> and the "most valued trophy in the cultural wars." How more
> clearly political can these attempts be...!!
>
> Neil McDonald
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Pemberton"
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> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:23 PM
> Subject: [VA-HIST] Thomas Jefferson in the NY Times
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