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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