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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (594402)	11/28/2010 7:07:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1582514

Ted, 7 recommendations for i-node's post. LOL. Cute.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (594402)	11/28/2010 7:07:53 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1582514

November 28, 2010 Presidential historian curses, calls Americans 'lazy and obese' Presidential biographer Edmund Morris delivered one of the more, well, colorful lines on this week's Sunday morning shows. On CBS's "Face the Nation," host Bob Schieffer, anchoring an authors roundtable discussion with the likes of Bob Woodward and Arianna Huffington, kept engaging the panelists in discussion about how America’s Founding Fathers would have felt about today’s political climate. “What would Teddy Roosevelt think of today’s politics, Edmund?” “You keep asking these presentist questions,” said the Kenyan-born, British-accented historian. “As the immortal Marisa Tomei said in 'My Cousin Vinny,' ‘That’s a f----- up question!'” Morris said, relishing over the word as network censors bleeped him out. “You cannot pluck people out of the past and expect them to comment on what’s happening today,” he continued. “I can only say that what he represented in his time is what we hope for in our presidents now, what we look for in our presidents now and what we’re increasingly disappointed by. He understood foreign culture, recognized the dignity of the United States. He was forceful yet dignified. And what I really feel these days is, we’ve become such an insular people.” Morris went on to criticize the American people, who he said “are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined.” Schieffer tried to cut to a commercial break, but Huffington interjected, “And then I can try to defend my fellow Americans after the break,” she said, before the segment ended. Morris is the author of a trilogy about Theodore Roosevelt as well as a biography of Ronald Reagan. politico.com