The war. It was what they experienced. Marshal was a virginian. He was a bit of a backwoods virginian, but he fought in a number of the battles in new jersey. But he became part of something that was a lot bigger than virginia. And he got to know people from many different states, many different backgrounds, and it changed, it changed him and he began to think of the United States as his country. Not virginia. And he became to think of the government as the government of the United States, not the government of virginia. And of course, this gets revisited in the american civil war. This is exactly whats happening. The secession begins. These states are asserting the rights that they retained when they voluntarily became a part of the federal union. The view of lincoln was thats not true. You cant leave. Youre in it, you stay in it. But its primarily over the belief of the Southern States that they were the primary unit. They had given certain things to the federal government, but they
Some of you walked in past the guest book. And there was a wonderful entry that someone had written about having come here and said, by remembers what was and what happened, well be better in the future. Well preserve our liberties and, you know, thats a great way to look at it. I think ignorance about our own history is cost us many things throughout the course of this country. Think other questions . When i was in high school and college, i read a great deal of the latin authors. And your talk was the first time i really understood why. I dont think our teachers knew latin well. That was not the problem. But i dont think they understood the significance of these writingtion and for the first time, hearing you talk, now i do understand the significance. Absolutely. They were reading their equipped to read the same things that our founders had read and read to such benefit. And here again, i dont think john adams sat down six times with ciseros explorations because he liked the sound o
Shot. The race was starting to increasingly look like it wasnt even going to be close. And the colin powell endorsement just took the wind out of the mccain campaigns sails. John mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasnt all that much of a surprise. He at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have Colin Powells endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. So at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. The Romney Campaigns counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want. This morning, on cbs, Republican Former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. Thats on one side of the race today. On the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the Romney Campaign is hosting a
Becoming a really evident long shot. The race was starting to increasingly look like it wasnt even going to be close. And the colin powell endorsement just took the wind out of the mccain campaigns sails. John mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasnt all that much of a surprise. He at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have Colin Powells endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. So at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. The Romney Campaigns counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want. This morning, on cbs, Republican Former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. Thats on one side of the race today. On the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, t
Just took the wind out of the mccain campaigns sails. John mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasnt all that much of a surprise. He at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have Colin Powells endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. So at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. The Romney Campaigns counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want. This morning, on cbs, Republican Former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. Thats on one side of the race today. On the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the Romney Campaign is hosting a gala fundraiser in texas with former Vice President dick cheney and this guy. Tonight, its big boy time. Tonight is not