Odin2005
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Mon Feb-23-09 09:11 AM
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| 24. He was a good war leader, decent historian, but a horrible domestic policy-maker. |
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The Brits dumped him for Labour, which created Britain's modern welfare state.
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| -Good bye Churchill hello Abe |
AllentownJake |
Feb-22-09 08:26 PM |
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Churchill was batshit crazy, but the right guy at the right time. No doubt about that. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-22-09 08:32 PM |
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You're absolutely right. He was wrong on virtually everything else except the Nazis. |
Zynx |
Feb-22-09 08:41 PM |
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Doesn't cancel it out |
AllentownJake |
Feb-22-09 08:45 PM |
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The one thing I will say about that is that the Nazis were the single |
Zynx |
Feb-22-09 08:53 PM |
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I'll take back the comparison to Hitler |
AllentownJake |
Feb-22-09 09:04 PM |
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Oh, you wouldn't or couldn't possibly mean Russia, could you? |
acmavm |
Feb-23-09 08:23 AM |
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If you can get a copy of it, read "Dinner at the White House." by Adamic. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-22-09 08:53 PM |
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He was a disaster after the war ended |
AllentownJake |
Feb-22-09 08:43 PM |
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The key word in the article is "loaner" |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Feb-22-09 08:41 PM |
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Agree. Perhaps it might have been nice to return it on the anniversary of VE day. Have a warship |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-22-09 08:54 PM |
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The British offered to extend the loan, but the WH returned it nonetheless. |
Beacool |
Feb-23-09 02:02 AM |
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They should have the USS WINSTON CHURCHILL return it. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-23-09 07:57 AM |
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It appears that the bust is at the British embassy right now. |
Beacool |
Feb-23-09 08:51 AM |
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Yes, it's at the embassy. We should have the CHURCHILL ferry it at home... |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-23-09 08:55 AM |
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I missed bustgate. But that (finally!) explains this, |
babylonsister |
Feb-22-09 08:42 PM |
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Clementine Churchill was a complete left wing liberal, like Eleanor. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-22-09 08:59 PM |
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Really! I didn't know that, thanks. I wonder if Cantor |
babylonsister |
Feb-22-09 09:02 PM |
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He doesn't know much of anything important, does he? |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-22-09 09:13 PM |
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Yes, she was. |
Beacool |
Feb-23-09 02:04 AM |
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Yes, one known for being beautiful, the other for not,... |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-23-09 07:56 AM |
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Mookie, you know your Clementine history!! |
Beacool |
Feb-23-09 08:53 AM |
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Churchill was great during the war |
Raine |
Feb-22-09 09:03 PM |
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If it's a rejection of Tony Blair that's fine by me. I don't think the UK should take this to heart> |
cooolandrew |
Feb-22-09 09:29 PM |
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He was a good war leader, decent historian, but a horrible domestic policy-maker. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-23-09 09:11 AM |
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The White Paper and all that. it was progress. Yes. Did they have a GIBill type thing? |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-23-09 10:20 AM |
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