tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post6655750824186075836..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : History lessonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-2607418479074370902019-10-06T18:21:28.911+03:002019-10-06T18:21:28.911+03:00Jackson was a much greater man, I expect, though n...Jackson was a much greater man, I expect, though nothing can detract from the Donald's achievement in becoming President in the way that he did. Jackson of course did terrible things to Indians and was a slave owner.<br /><br />"How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" Dr Johnson in Taxation No Tyranny (1775).Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-38351845301837281202019-10-06T18:19:05.578+03:002019-10-06T18:19:05.578+03:00Mr Trump admires him and thinks had he been Presid...Mr Trump admires him and thinks had he been President 20 years later he could have prevented the Civil War - but it is not PC to wish the Civil War, in which 500,000 died, could have been avoided and he got attacked by historians for this. Personally I detest Lincoln who was the reason why the war happened. I disagree with Pope Francis about that and other things. <br /><br />I intended to read a biography of Jackson. I did in my first term of university, but that was long ago and in another country.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-22862585244126704472019-10-06T18:13:35.109+03:002019-10-06T18:13:35.109+03:00Like Mr Trump, Andrew Jackson was highly aggressiv...Like Mr Trump, Andrew Jackson was highly aggressive. Unlike Mr Trump he was a military man of considerable courage and discipline. carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134221554348743714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-24878105688267768842019-10-05T10:29:28.635+03:002019-10-05T10:29:28.635+03:00Mr Lammy is a race-baiting demagogue - and inhuman...Mr Lammy is a race-baiting demagogue - and inhumanly stupid even by the standards of other MPs.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-29813461200135424932019-10-05T10:28:18.741+03:002019-10-05T10:28:18.741+03:00Newt of course compared Donald Trump to Andrew Jac...Newt of course compared Donald Trump to Andrew Jackson.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-52119236344625494432019-10-05T09:30:08.342+03:002019-10-05T09:30:08.342+03:00I had a high opinion of him but he caused all our ...I had a high opinion of him but he caused all our problems by first not standing for the leadership in 2016 and then changing his mind and doing so. He is responsible for Teresa May and those three very badly wasted years. I also dislike his enthusiasm for large scale immigration. I did not like his hero Portillo but I am surprised that no-one except a Liberal Democrat friend of mine has suggested Portillo for PM.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-81568643419617530472019-10-04T20:31:25.428+03:002019-10-04T20:31:25.428+03:00Michael Gove reminds me of Newt Gingrich in the Un...Michael Gove reminds me of Newt Gingrich in the United States. A tone-deaf, compromised and faintly ridiculous person whom many laud as brilliant because he can casually toss off some irrelevant gem by Montaigne or Suetonius.carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134221554348743714noreply@blogger.com