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Porlock's avatar

Upvote for your Andrew Jackson memorial.

I still remember my shock when in high school American History (about 1958) I encountered the textbook's list of AJ's achievements, which included creating the Spoils System. WTF, as I did not say at the time. I thought that was an obviously terrible thing, so why's it being treated so respectfully?

If it was supposed to be cryptically sarcastic, it was lost on me, and certainly on all my classmates. Later I learned about the Very Important Historian who had revived or created the Jackson cult, some of whose work I'd read by that time, and it seemed respectable. I still don't get it.

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Bern's avatar

Dear Etty,

If I record every single word the President/God/King utters whilst in office, can I just cherry pick the ones I need to claim my right to absolute authority over alla them folks I can't stand? O, and free stuff?

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