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Article #2123Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History.
From: Jeffrey E. Salzberg
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00
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In article <327f59f5.55631089@news.earthlink.net> mommadillo@earthlink.net (Joltin' Joe) wrote: > Mr. Salzberg wins again! ;-) Thank you. > > Seriously, I can't believe the number of people who talk about > "Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History" and apparently know NOTHING of > said history beyond their own lifetimes. Unfortunately, most people's sense of American history seems to begin in about 1970. This tendency is particularly annoying when displayed in journalists. > Or the Congressional proceedings that directly followed the > Civil War - corruption wasn't limited to the White House in those days > anymore than it is now. Several (about 30) years ago, American Heritage magazine printed an excellent article entitled "When Congress Tried to Rule". ========================================= Cullen Performance Hall web page: http://www.cph.uh.edu/cph/cullenhp.htm. Houston Dance Coalition web page: http://www.cph.uh.edu/hdc/hdc.htm. Ask me about the Texas-Dance, Houston-Performances, and Cichlid mailing lists. =========================================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ce2c,14f0b81757e31926 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ce2c,public X-Google-Thread: f6e0e,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e0e,public X-Google-Thread: 105e42,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid105e42,public X-Google-Thread: 100eae,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid100eae,public X-Google-Thread: 115d61,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid115d61,public X-Google-Thread: f7d58,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d58,public X-Google-Thread: fab07,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidfab07,public X-Google-Thread: fbf1a,14f0b81757e31926 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbf1a,public From: JSalzberg@uh.edu (Jeffrey E. Salzberg) Subject: Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History. Date: 1996/11/05 Message-ID: <55nj82$te3@Masala.CC.UH.EDU> X-Deja-AN: 194621487 distribution: world organization: University of Houston newsgroups: ak.general,alabama.general,alt.flame,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose,aol.neighborhood.az.phoenix.general,aol.neighborhood.il.chicago.general,aol.neighborhood.in.indianapolis.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.new-york.general,atl.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,ca.general,co.cos.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general,compuserve.general,dc.general,delaware.general,dfw.general,fl.general,houston.general