Re: 'Of Thee I Sing': The Irony Found in the Title of Obama's New Children's Book
"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, [email protected] wrote: >> The content of the book didn't cause my reaction, nor was it that what >> Obama would describe as the "ideals that have shaped our nation," would >> probably be unrecognizable to our founding fathers. > > To be honest...this statement could apply to a lot on the left and right > who write books about the enduring values of our nation. (I doubt the > founding fathers would look at, say, Glenn Beck and say-"That guy get's > us!") Well, I think speaking of "the founding fathers" as a monolithic group is probably a bit problematic anyway. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot