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Gerrymandering is alive and well and reasserts itself every ten years.
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Dear Faldage: I'm glad you didn't ask me to tell about Elbridge Gerry. I'll bet no other member except a New Englander ever heard of him.
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Elbridge Gerry
Pronounced [garry]. That notwithstanding gerrymander is pronounced [jerrymander].
We learned about him in our grammar school history classes in Chicago.
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Dear Faldage: Massachusetts schools are so backward I had to wait until I got into highschool to learn about Elbridge Gerry.
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Dear Dr. Bill
My memory is sloppy enough. It may have been high school. I'm sure I didn't have to wait till I got to Boston to learn about this sterling role model for modern day politicians.
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Dear Faldage: as a happy result of your needling me (I love it) I looked up Elbridge Gerry in encyclopedia, and was amazed to find he was Harvard man and Vice President under Madison. I had grossly under-estimated him. I had also not known pronuncitation of his last name. (like clerk being pronounced clark). Keep up the good work.
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And you, Dr. Bill, keep looking things up, reporting and expanding our knowledge.
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Dear Faldage: twist AS's arm to find us another hundred words.
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I'll bet no other member except a New Englander ever heard of him.
You would lose that bet, wwh. I fell in love with the word gerrymander back in high school, which was a fair step from New England.
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