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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:34 PM
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$10,000 . That Palin couldn't name the town The Gettysburg.....
Address was given. Much alone, the year. Or, for that matter, when the Civil War was fought. Anyone?
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Curtland1015 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:35 PM
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1. Next on Fox: Are You Smarter Than A Vice Presidential Candidate?
:P
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Demi_Babe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:11 PM
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22. ouch...that's gonna hurt ;-)
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pokercat999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:35 PM
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2. Or the name of the VP at the time !
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:45 PM
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13. Who was it, pokercat?
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pokercat999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:58 PM
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14. Andrew Johnson, I only remember because Johnson
was also Kennedy's VP. It was a strange coincidence that had the conspiracy guys going even more crazy than usual.
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chiefofclarinet Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 10:16 PM
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31. Good try, but no cigar
Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 10:18 PM by chiefofclarinet
Yeah, Lincoln had Andrew Johnson as his VP, but only in 1865. The Gettysburg Address was given in 1863.

Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was the fifteenth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861-1865. He was the first Vice President from the Republican Party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin

Still, the coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy are quite high.
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:00 PM
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16. I'm pretty sure it wasn't pokercat!
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 09:56 PM
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29. Hannibal Hamblin
No?
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 05:40 AM
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34. See I was right, it wasn't
pokercat!
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:35 PM
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3. Or when the War of 1812 started. Or all 50 states. Yep.
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:39 PM
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12. My 8yo son and I were doing that last night in the car.
I wasn't giving him the names, just what the states were famous for. I did a job on Alaska and Arizona ;)
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timber84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:35 PM
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4. funniest remark all night and sooo true!
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:36 PM
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5. kicking to hear how we prove this, and watch the money change hands NT
... I want to see a demonstration
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:36 PM
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6. Or, who's buried in Grant's tomb?
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Cosmic Charlie Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:59 PM
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15. better yet, who's career was buried in Capone' s tomb?
:)
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:01 PM
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17. Not Ulysses S Grant



His real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant but when he got to West Point they thought the H was a U so he quickly said his name was Ulysses so that they wouldn't turn him away.



At the age of 17, Grant entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, after securing a nomination through his U.S. Congressman, Thomas L. Hamer. Hamer erroneously nominated him as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio,"<6> knowing Grant's mother's maiden name was Simpson and forgetting that Grant was referred to in his youth as "H. Ulysses Grant" or "Lyss." Grant wrote his name in the entrance register as "Ulysses Hiram Grant" (concerned that he would otherwise become known by his initials, H.U.G.), but the school administration refused to accept any name other than the nominated form. Grant adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only.<7> Because "U.S." also stands for "Uncle Sam," Grant's nickname became "Sam" among his army colleagues. He graduated from West Point in 1843, ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy, he established a reputation as a fearless and expert horseman. Although this made him seem a natural for cavalry, he was assigned to duty as a regimental quartermaster, managing supplies and equipment.

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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:36 PM
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7. I am trying to channel Bay Buchanan spinning that. Not working
terrible headache, nausea, cramps....
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:36 PM
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8. Or the exact month and date 9/11 happened.


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dancingme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:37 PM
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9. but she can see Russia on a clear day
and she knows "energy"! That's all that matters to her!
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:38 PM
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10. Ms. Palin: "Um, yeah, isn't the Gettsyburg Address ah... what do you mean, the zip code there?"
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 09:38 PM
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11. You don't need to know that shit when you have God on your side
...along with neocons and Dominionists in the White House cabinet and staff
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:02 PM
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18. or you can just speak in tongues and you and the Spirit know the answer
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 09:53 PM
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28. That's it, you know the Way!
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:02 PM
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19. Double or nothing on Grant's Tomb!
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:06 PM
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20. What year was the Great Storm of 1900?
Huh, huh......

She thinks Alaska is better than Texas. We'll show her.......:rofl:



I'm the daughter of a Yankee who came south cuz he was sick and tired of shoveling that lake effect snow.

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FlaDem83 Donating Member (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:10 PM
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21. Town, in what respect?
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:16 PM
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23. I'll bet she doesn't even know
where to bury the survivors of a plane that crashes on the border of Alaska and Canada.
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:40 PM
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24. Bet over half the registered voters in this country
could not answer these questions.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:44 PM
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27. That's why they want "someone just like them"...but a whole lot crazier
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MadrasT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:42 PM
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25. I have no confidence that she even knows who actually
delivered the Gettysburg Address.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:44 PM
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26. Or to which party he belonged.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 10:01 PM
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30. Unbelievable isn't it, that she is the best the republicans
have. Or what did McCain say about her..the best person on energy we have in the United States??
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chiefofclarinet Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 10:18 PM
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32. Given her religiousness she should know this one...
How many animals did Moses take on the ark?
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jeff.marchiafava Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 10:25 PM
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33. Of Course Not...
There's been a lot of work being done to link McCain and Bush, to show how similar they are, but the TRUE connection, is Palin and Bush: they're both idiots -- unexperienced, uninformed, and have no idea how this country actually runs. Palin is going to do anything the republican party tells her too, and we've seen how well that works for Americans over the past eight years...
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