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Why can't he get writers that know history?
Topic Started: Mar 16 2012, 05:10 PM (258 Views)
George K
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http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/rutherford-b-hayes-obama-telephone.html

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"One of my predecessors, President Rutherford (which he pronounced 'Rootherford') B. Hayes, reportedly said about the telephone: 'It’s a great invention but who would ever want to use one?'" Obama said. "That's why he's not on Mt. Rushmore."

"He's looking backwards, he's not looking forward. He's explaining why we can't do something instead of why we can do something," Obama said.


She then read aloud a newspaper article from June 29, 1877, which describes Hayes's delight upon first experiencing the magic of the telephone. The Providence Journal story reported that as Hayes listened on the phone, "a gradually increasing smile wreathe[d] his lips and wonder shone in his eyes more and more.” Hayes took the phone from his ear, "looked at it a moment in surprise and remarked, 'That is wonderful.'"

In fact, Card noted, Hayes was not only the first president to have a telephone in the White House, but he was also the first to use the typewriter, and he had Thomas Edison come to the White House to demonstrate the phonograph. "So I think he was pretty much cutting edge," Card insisted, "maybe just the opposite of what President Obama had to say there."

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I wonder if Mr. Hates preferred US oil or foreign oil when he lubricated his typewriter.

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Mar 16 2012, 05:22 PM
I wonder if Mr. Hates preferred US oil or foreign oil when he lubricated his typewriter.

Presumably, as long as he can put food on his family, he doesn't mind too much.
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ivorythumper
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I gotta wonder if he made a list of supposed defects of his predecessors to uphold his claim about being the fourth greatest president? :lol2:
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:lol2:
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"He's looking backwards, he's not looking forward. He's explaining why we can't do something instead of why we can do something," Obama said.


Them's fightin' words. Don't be saying such stuff about the only president who graduated from my Alma Mater. :)
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WaPo slams him as well ....

Whopper about Hayes
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
#BarackObamasPresidentialFacts
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Mar 17 2012, 11:16 AM

Them's fightin' words. Don't be saying such stuff about the only president who graduated from my Alma Mater. :)
You went to Kenyon College?


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Mikhailoh
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Well, let's see what our close allies think about him, and he them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erYpXzE9Pxs&feature=share

Edited by Mikhailoh, Mar 17 2012, 12:28 PM.
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Mar 17 2012, 12:21 PM
Piano*Dad
Mar 17 2012, 11:16 AM

Them's fightin' words. Don't be saying such stuff about the only president who graduated from my Alma Mater. :)
You went to Kenyon College?


Indeed. Back when mammoths roamed the earth and the Glyptodon grazed the grasses of Florida.
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
The smartest president EVAH...
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Mar 17 2012, 12:27 PM
Well, let's see what our close allies think about him, and he them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erYpXzE9Pxs&feature=share

That is embarrassing to all citizens.
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Mikhailoh
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I think we all know who is punching below his weight.
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George K
Mar 16 2012, 05:10 PM
One of my predecessors, President Rutherford (which he pronounced 'Rootherford') B. Hayes, reportedly said about the telephone: 'It’s a great invention but who would ever want to use one?'"
Was that shortly after FDR went on TV to talk about the Wall St. Crash?
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Mar 17 2012, 12:18 PM
:lol2:
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George K
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Mar 17 2012, 12:18 PM
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“Purple Hayes” was the first Jim Hendrix song about a president. #BarackObamasPresidentialFacts
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Edited by George K, Mar 17 2012, 03:04 PM.
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That was the one that got me too.
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