Tuesday, November 09, 2004

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

There is much discussion in the news about Election 2004 and the "Old Confederate States". A recent CBSNews.com article, published day after the election on their website, quotes: "No section of the nation received Mr. Bush's values-laden message more enthusiastically than the Old Confederacy." (full story) Even the speaker on this mornings KQED Perspective: Look Away, Dixieland shares a candid and humorous perspective on this same subject. Although, I admit it seems a bit outlandish to draw such literal parallels between two historical events separated by almost 140 years, it still intrigues the mind. I wonder if Mark Twain was referring to such historical analogies when he wrote: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

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