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#1552 Ten Things: If George Washington Could Drop the Mic

Listening to America

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The 10 Moments Washington Dropped the Mic

The qualities that make Adams so endearing and accessible to us made him an anathema to 18th century Americans. He's a man poorly suited for his time, but actually I argue perfectly suited for the moment. And thank goodness we have him in this mix. Oh yeah, he's so boring about him. He's soboring about him. But here's a real, real, real human being at the center of it always. The guy you want to be with at the at the reception. He's the one I want to have a beer with.

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