On Jan 20, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> Poor Cromwell, Earl of Essex for about 20 minutes. He had one
> principle--to survive. He was lucky to dive away from Wolsey just
> in time, and then to serve his King as the path to self-
> aggrandizement. Of course he made one fatal mistake, trusting that
> the portrait of Anne von Cleves was the real deal, not an
> advertisement. When I look at the Holbein portrait of a rather well-
> fed, serious Cromwell in middle age, I think of Dick Cheney. Except
> Cromwell was probably a lot smarter and, if he was a soldier during
> his youth, undoubtedly was a better shot.
Probably had a better henchguy/secretary than Scooter Libby too.
Hal
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