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@RBrookhiser And it's widely thought among Eisenhower scholars that Summersby's ghost writer actually made up most of it while Kay Summersby was dying. I think the whole thing was invented out of whole cloth.

@RonaldGranieri @RBrookhiser Why was the nation, not just the South, susceptible to Wallace’s demagoguery? Desegregation was critical, but the sharp rise in violent crime in the 60s and the devastating riots in Northern cities helped Wallace, as did the failure to have a winning strategy in Vietnam.

@BillieHolidayW @Dastardlyb247 @RBrookhiser Others who could have defeated Davis: Washington, Jackson, & FDR. Reagan might have charmed the South back into the Union.

@Dastardlyb247 @jesushjones1 @RBrookhiser There is nothing inherently wrong with hereditary monarchy so, yes, that idea of his was horrific.

@RBrookhiser Got it, but do Burr go bankrupt six times as Trump did?

@RBrookhiser The federalist Washington was seen as a national hero to all sides while the D – R Jeffersonians were seen more as Virginians, but not quite as Southerners like the Calhounites and the like would be a generation later

@RBrookhiser I'll take Burke any day of the week. Calling Paine "ignorant" over France is kind. He was dead wrong. Even deadly wrong.

@loneloc02 @RBrookhiser The Mazzei letter gave Washington some insights, but I think that letter underplayed how much respect Jefferson had for the man. Too bad it had the souring effect that it did.

@RBrookhiser Like with the few who lived long enough to see Andrew Jackson’s presidency I doubt many of the Founders would have liked Trump.

@RBrookhiser Let's imagine some of these conversations... George Washington and Gavin Newsom Thomas Jefferson and an addled Joe Biden James Madison and Kamala Harris Henry Knox and Bernie Sanders Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Warren Benjamin Franklin and Marianne Williamson

TODAY! Historian and biographer @RBrookhiser will share important lessons he's learned from his study of the Founders, followed by a conversation with @jaycost. Register below to attend online or in person. aei.org/events/the-ame…

@RBrookhiser Buckley’s anti-establishmentarian views had shades of populism in it, and the same is true of the whole modern conservative project. Buckley might have detested George. Wallace’s populism but he backed McCarthy. Phone book babes > Harvard faculty etc

@RBrookhiser My theory is they’ve always been 2 types of Republican primary voters; those who listen to George Will & read national review OR those who read the New York Post & listened to Rush & Co. And in 2016, the second group, which always had more of the voters, won leadership w/ Trump

@RBrookhiser Oh yes? Then why was Nixon still on the ticket in ‘56?

I realize there are probably libraries worth but...can anyone recommend a good recent history of Gilded/Progressive Age baseball (not just the teams but also broader societal impact and influence)? @RBrookhiser @SWGoldman @Ejmiller25 @DPietrusza