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American History

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12. Strange but true: Neither Ron Paul nor Newt Gingrich are very good historians.

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 12:43 PM

Jan 2012

They both selectively cherry pick historical events which seem to fit their world view - and in the case of Newt, pretty much just makes things up.

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Strange But True: Ron Paul Thinks The American Civil War Was 'Unnecessary' [View all] ellisonz Dec 2011 OP

Ron and Newt should start a history program together Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #1

At the Hoodless Racist College. n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #2

Generally agreed. ellisonz Dec 2011 #5

Key difference... ellisonz Dec 2011 #6

The South was ideologically committed to slavery. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #7

Howard Zinn felt the same way for different reasons MicaelS Dec 2011 #8

For very different reasons zipplewrath Jan 2012 #9

I loathe the counterfactual. n/t ellisonz Jan 2012 #10