Posted on 07/28/2013 3:56:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Crapulous...so descriptive...
Pompous Yankee bump.
He was also a good singer, although he was known to be obnoxious and disliked, that cannot be denied. ;)
Washington fed off his advisors...And if it hadn’t been for his older brother, we’d all be going “George who?”
Illiterate is absolutely inaccurate, obviously. But it is true he had almost no formal education.
I read that book and also have watched the HBO series. I too don’t remember hearing or reading these.
I respect your opinion and I know Geo W wasn't perfect...but his campaign across the Delaware and into Trenton seemed to do the trick.
At long last we had the British (and their German assistants) on the defensive.
For most autodidacts with a good library, a formal education is a waste of time.
Don’t forget.
President John Adams was a big proponent of the Alien and Sedition Acts. These were clearly unconstitutional and later retracted by Congress.
Jefferson and Madison were very concerned about these acts and wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Did “crapulous” mean back then, what it means now?
FReegards,
He was so privileged in so many ways but got gipped out of an education. But, I agree with you, it may have turned out to be an advantage.
It has to be a miracle that Washington, and so many of his generation, were there to establish this country. Talk about the greatest generation.
As they did then, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, the cream will rise. They always have. They will again.
Agreed, an arrogant and unlikable typical yankee of puritanical stock who has never measured up to the Virginians who truly made this nation great...
What a prig......
Yes, and his brother made good beer.
If it wasn’t for Washington—we would be singing the praises of baby George our king to be. We would be watching “Soccer” and “Dr. Who” on the ABBC. —and Obama would be waiting tables at Georgetown.
Well, vinegar is quite the healthy treat. And being hard prolly helped to justify the habit.
I read John Adams, too. A splendid biography, but not an exhaustive work.
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