tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6153880943807516517..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Putting Words in Washington’s MouthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62064762392311248642009-08-06T20:14:38.448-05:002009-08-06T20:14:38.448-05:00To the anonymous commenter, I rather doubt you’d b...To the anonymous commenter, I rather doubt you’d be disappointed with reading my political statements if you agreed with them. <br /><br />I didn’t say that Kemple was using Tea Party symbolism “for his own good” (though he apparently makes his living as a political organizer). I wrote that Kemple tries to use the country’s Revolutionary heritage “for his causes,” and apparently doesn’t care that much about historical accuracy because he thinks the causes are more important.<br /><br />Kemple seems genuinely concerned about the issues he focuses on. And when it comes to restricting marriage, he also seems genuinely blind to the hypocrisy of his position.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13690332787720111392009-08-06T18:25:10.710-05:002009-08-06T18:25:10.710-05:00As an avid reader of your blog, I completely agree...As an avid reader of your blog, I completely agree with you and your thoughts on this wacko Kemple speaking for Washington. However, you have made your political leanings on this website quite clear and it is rather disappointing. Just because the man helped to organize one of the nation's Tea Party's does not mean he is using our symbolism for his own good. We cannot always assume these things. Furthermore, it was rather distasteful to take personal jabs at the man and his marriages. I wish you would stick to history and not gossip or politics, because your blog is one of the best out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-20823399539510788482009-08-06T12:33:50.604-05:002009-08-06T12:33:50.604-05:00Out of curiosity, I just did a global search on th...Out of curiosity, I just did a global search on the world "bible" in Washington's papers at the Library of Congress. I found exactly two references: a 1772 invoice to Robert Carey & Co. for a family bible "for the use of Miss. Martha Parke Custis," and a response to a letter from Rev. John Rogers in 1783. (Rogers had suggested that the Congress issue a bible to each Continenal soldier upon his discharge from the army. Washington liked the idea but felt that it would be impractical, because so many soliders had already been discharged.)Peter Ansoffnoreply@blogger.com