Imagine Dubya as President in the 1950's

[robertpaulsen]

I'm going to be getting married in two weeks. I am white, my fiance is Asian. With * proposing an amendment to ban same-sex marriages today, it made me think about an earlier post here at DU in which a Gallup poll from 1958 showed disapproval of interracial marriages at something like 96%. Should an "overwhelming consensus" be allowed to deny civil liberties? Makes me glad Dubya wasn't President in the 1950's and makes me disgusted that he's trying to make my gay friends second-class citizens today.

[booisblu]

1. Well us gays

aren't exactly thrilled about it!

[Mari333]

2. Yep my mom is 77

and her first great grandchild is asian american. I find that delightful and so does she. Change comes slowly, and it happens slowly as people wrap their minds around it. Too bad so many people are still stuck in the 14 century.

[Gman]

3. He would have got along very well with John Foster Dulles

in fact, I doubt we would even have an Earth today.

[rocktivity]

4. Why should I?

Dubya is ALREADY imagining he's the President in the 1950s.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Sandpiper]

5. I thought the political goal of the conservatives

Was to recreate the social conditions of the 1950s.

[tom_paine]

7. WRONG! It's to recreate the social conditions of the 1350s.

n/t

[tom_paine]

6. Imagine Bunnypants as pResident in the 50's?!? Are you crazy?!?

:wtf: :wtf:

only one image comes to mind...

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

Thanks for making me ponder that...

[11 Bravo]

8. He would have been in grade school

and every bit as smart and capable as he is today.

[Bozita]

9. Think 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis ... with Dumbya at the helm

positively scary.

[ET Awful]

10. Think about him in charge in the 1930's . . .

We'd still be in the great depression, except more greatly depressed.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Yeah, the picture in my mind of * and McCarthy lifting a few brews

together after a rough day of terrorizing pinkos and communists and liberals makes it seem that * was just born too late.

Roy Cohn would've been SO jealous . . .

[NewJeffCT]

12. your fiancee is Asian?

Get out now, while you still have a chance!

Just kidding, good luck to you. My wife is Chinese and I'm white and my family loves my wife and her family (still in China) loves me and we have a beautiful little tiger of a 1 year old daughter now.

[_Jumper_]

13. W as president in the 1950's

[PVnRT]

14. He never would have been elected in the 1950's

People though Kennedy would lose in 1960 simply because he mentioned he was Catholic. Politicians may have professed some kind of faith back then, but nowhere near the level that Bush has.

[robertpaulsen]

15. Thanks for the laughs

I was feeling pretty sour earlier, but a lot of your posts have cheered me up.

Bush and McCarthy sharing a brew. God, that's funny!