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See the Broderick-Terry duel. There's also the fascinating scheme by Asbury Harpending to seize a steamer full of gold for the Confederate cause. Although he probably would have just kept it.

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Treasonous pieces of crap - like attracts like.

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he's only a hero because he lost, personally I like generals who didn't lose

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I don't think mid-19 century horse mounted cavalry would win in Afghanistan.

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You can always tell when Trump himself writes his own press release. This thing reads like a sixth grade book report by a kid who didn't read the book. So yeah... Trump wrote this.

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I gotta stop clicking on articles featuring tfg. But sometimes his stupid reaches such an apex (nadir?) that I can't help it. I'd love to see a statute made of him and then torn down into little pieces. Then have a piece sent to him parcel post. With a little note saying congratulations this is for second place.

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You know he didn't write this but when they went over it with him he added that part.

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Traveler was pretty terrific. And he could talk. You should have heard what he said about lee. he sawed the reins and a lot of other things.

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To be fair, I think they surprised him with that one, since they went beyond the point they were ordered to stop...just youthful high spirits.

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Checkmate, Lincolnites!

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Forget about any conventions or conferences for any professional organizations, indefinitely. Maybe the Banana Republic of Texas can attract CPAC with its Russian flags, or ALEC, with its anti-American claptrap. The Koch polluters can cover costs.

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But the kid knew that both the North and the South wanted Lee, so maybe this one written by one of the marginally intelligent trump henchmen?

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I seem to recall though that as a colonel (?) in the Mexican War, he did some pretty snappy stuff.

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goodyear blimp

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Isn't it amazing how quickly the Right derides history being eradicated for political purposes when it's white people being erased?

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I remember that scene. Hillary had been testifying all day and was evidently getting a little punchy when some dumbass asked if she was alone the whole night of Benghazi, trying to dance around the fact that she wanted to know if Hillary was fucking Huma when everything went down.

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