Althouse: "He’s like the Tennessee River... He flows right down the middle."

२६ जून, २०१४

"He’s like the Tennessee River... He flows right down the middle."

Goodbye to Howard Baker Jr.

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The Drill SGT म्हणाले...: Classy guy.

"What did the President know and when did he know it".

There certainly aren't any Senate Dems willing to play that role today.; २६/६/१४, ३:३० PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: RIP. I had just mention him on a tweet, two days ago, lamenting the disappearance of his kind.; २६/६/१४, ३:४५ PM
David म्हणाले...: Almost Former President Howard Baker.

RIP.; २६/६/१४, ४:२१ PM
Curious George म्हणाले...: "The Drill SGT said...

"What did the President know and when did he know it".

There certainly aren't any Senate Dems willing to play that role today."

Today? Have there ever been?; २६/६/१४, ४:५० PM
Michael म्हणाले...: Rest in Peace, Howard Baker.; २६/६/१४, ५:११ PM
Jaq म्हणाले...: OMG we need his like now.; २६/६/१४, ५:५२ PM
victoria म्हणाले...: I absolutely adored him

Vicki from Pasadena; २६/६/१४, ६:१७ PM
TheCrankyProfessor म्हणाले...: I found out from the article that he was almost Supreme Court Justice Baker. That would have been interesting!

The NYT touches on, but don't really understand, how Mr. Baker was the thin edge of the Republican wedge - he was the first Republican to win state-wide office in Tennessee since Reconstruction. His incredible NICENESS as well as his ability to make his moderate positions sound conservative did a LOT to bring around the New Solid South. He himself grew up in a county that tried to secede from Tennessee over secession from the Union - his grandmother was a living witness to that part! But for those of us who grew up Republican in the South 50-40 years ago Howard Baker was a beacon. Not exactly an ideological firebrand - but that something could change.; २६/६/१४, ६:३१ PM
David म्हणाले...: He had a hand in Al Gore's loss of home state Tennessee in the 2000 election. For that the nation, and the Democratic party, can be eternally grateful.

Why the Democratic party? Imagine Al Gore as President on September 11, 2001.; २६/६/१४, ७:२९ PM
Jaq म्हणाले...: You see, Al would have prevented 911 because he would have gotten the PDB with the title "bin Laden determined to strike in the US" and he would have..... Hmmmm. Locked up all Arabs in internment camps? What? What could he have done had he read that PDB?; २६/६/१४, ११:३३ PM
Larry J म्हणाले...: The Drill SGT said...
Classy guy.

"What did the President know and when did he know it".

There certainly aren't any Senate Dems willing to play that role today.

Which explains why I will never vote for a Democrat again.; २७/६/१४, ७:३७ AM