When Barack Obama moved into the White House, many felt a sense of optimism despite the vast challenges facing America. Such feelings, naturally, recalled January of 1961 when, on a bright, frozen Washington morning, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated, declaring that “the torch has been passed to a new generation – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage.”
It wasn’t just Kennedy’s speech, youth and good looks that gave people a reason to feel optimistic. It was also the undeniable history of the occasion. Kennedy was the descendant of an Irish Famine survivor and America’s first Catholic president.
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Monday Musings: Bipartisanship Means GOP Caves
May 24, 2021
JASON: Rush had a way of explaining things that made it easy to understand. And that’s the key to being a good talk show host. He had a way that way of making us think. And that’s why we plan to revisit some of those think pieces he always had, those thoughtful little monologues he had, and we’ll call it our Monday Musings segment. Now, bipartisanship has been all the rage, all the buzzword around town, especially when the Democrats are in the majority. So, here’s Rush from 2006 talking about what it really means.
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1794 The United States Post Office is established.
1829 Birth of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist.
1846 The first major battle of the Mexican War is fought at Palo Alto, Texas.
1862 General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson repulses the Federals at the Battle of McDowell, in the Shenendoah Valley.
1864 Union troops arrive at Spotsylvania Court House to find the Confederates waiting for them.
1884 Birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953).
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