"There's still a lot of reckoning to come."

[babylonsister]

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Douglas Brinkley, historian, on cnn, Don Lemon


I hope so.

[liberalla]

1. The reckoning hasn't yet begun.

...but I believe it's coming.

[UTUSN]

2. He's *alive*?!1 Will look him up. In his old age he outed himself as a wingnut.

ON EDIT: O.K., I'm confused (which is not unusual for a Pisces). Wiki says he died in 2003. July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003.

So, is the quote referring to a previous event analogous to what we're going through now?

[babylonsister]

6. Douglas Brinkley, not David.

I screwed up!

[UTUSN]

7. After all these years you are revealed to be humanly imperfect!1

I was HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY when Walter was supposedly cool. David disappointed me mightily in his old age.


***********So, what kind of repercussions does Doug have in mind?

[babylonsister]

8. I remember Huntley-Brinkley, too.

My parents watched them; were they the only game in town way back when? Anyway, Douglas was not specific iirc. I guess we wait and see. Maybe the crooked lot of 'em will be voted out. A girl can dream.

[lastlib]

10. "Good night, Chet." "Good night, David."

I suspect he refers to the likelihood of more "Levidence" (dewsgirl's imaginative term) coming to light in the days/weeks/(months?) ahead. Repugs are going to be feeling bombs exploding all around them for a long time to come. I won't be surprised if the House holds more hearings, and the tRump cabalists are going to feel fire at their feet as this goes forward. By November, we may be hunting GOPher senators with dogs, with no bag limit.

[Hugin]

9. Dude's got some chops.

"Brinkley is the literary executor for his late friend, the journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. He is also the editor of a three-volume collection of Thompson's letters. Brinkley is also the authorized biographer for Beat generation author Jack Kerouac, having edited Kerouac's diaries as Windblown World (2004)."

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Brinkley#Life_and_career

Totally approving, man.

[cry baby]

3. Douglas? nt

[babylonsister]

4. Shoot, yes. Douglas. Thanks. nt

[cry baby]

5. ❤️