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My Dinner with Calvin [Coolidge]
The Daily Caller ^ | February 20, 2013 | David Pietrusza

Posted on 02/22/2013 6:19:01 AM PST by statestreet

My phone rang late on a Friday evening. The number was from an area code with which I wasn’t too familiar.

Would I be able to attend a dinner in Manhattan honoring Amity Shlaes on the occasion of the publication of her new Calvin Coolidge biography?

Well, yes — yes, I would.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/20/my-dinner-with-calvin/#ixzz2LdOsACmC

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coolidge; shlaes

1 posted on 02/22/2013 6:19:13 AM PST by statestreet
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To: statestreet

Saw her on Beck the other night, impressive lady. Bought “Coolidge” on the kindle and just starting to read it.

Reagan’s favorite president.


2 posted on 02/22/2013 6:25:53 AM PST by glock rocks (Pro Deo et Constitutione - Libertas aut Mors)
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To: glock rocks

I call him the patron saint of the tea party. He’s the kind of guy who would have McDonald’s cater a state dinner.


3 posted on 02/22/2013 6:30:22 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: statestreet

President Coolidge autographing a sap bucket.

From left to right: Harvey Firestone, President Calvin Coolidge, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Russell Firestone, Mrs. Grace Coolidge, John Coolidge at the Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth, Vermont, August 19, 1924.

4 posted on 02/22/2013 7:04:46 AM PST by Jeff F
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To: Jeff F

If this was Bammy and his husband you wouldn’t be able to see any others in the picture due to the entourage and teleprompter Bammy takes with him. Unless of course it was a hollyweird celebrity.


5 posted on 02/22/2013 7:20:05 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: cripplecreek; Jeff F

6 posted on 02/22/2013 8:07:36 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: cripplecreek

Amen, brother.


7 posted on 02/22/2013 7:27:53 PM PST by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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