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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:41 AM Original message |
Why is JFK so Revered? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. All of the above plus |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. His presidency ended tragically |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. He was one of the most charming men in American history |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. my dad was there |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. And he gave people hope and was optimistic |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
113. Yes, he was charming, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with you on this. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. People vote for a president they actually remember. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe you had to be there: |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. yes |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
83. And even JFK junior did great things before he died |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
124. Bingo |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. All that, plus he tried to take apart the CIA. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
84. And something that's so amazing to me |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Among other things mentioned here |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. All of the above but mainly he made us believe that all things |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
86. He created the navy seals? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. His administration did...1/1/61 |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. I was about to point out that on 1/1/61, Ike was still president |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
146. Sorry! Miswrote/misread! n/t |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Once there was a shining glimpse of glory |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. He was a visionary. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
66. Exactly! He made us proud to be Americans! |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
97. All the above |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #97 |
168. Thanks for the history. I was born 2 years after his assasination. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. He was young, handsome, charming |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. I was very disillusioned with Kennedy before he died |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Outside of the extreme rightwing of both political parties.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Oh no, you are forgetting how Texas hated him |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. They were included in the far rightwing of both parties.... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. How horrible!! |
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doubleplusgood (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
123. a girl from Texas in my 5th grade class |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #68 |
131. Mostly over civil rights |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
142. Yes, there was a very large group of the population who despised |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. JFK is possibly one of the most overrated Presidents in history. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. LBJ did the heavy lifting after JFK died |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Yep, averting an imminent nuclear war... |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
89. EXACTLY |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #89 |
132. Don't forget James Meredith |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #132 |
171. Oddly enough |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
141. The way he did it was. He backed USSR into a corner. Lucky it |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #141 |
161. The Soviet Union did not yet have missiles they.... |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Closer in outlook to Bush? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. You take the make believe "missile gap" as evidence of not being |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. No, I wouldn't take Sergei Khrushchev's word as gospel, |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Well, I will say that Ted grew up some. His long adolescence has been |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. You left out Marilyn and Mary Jo. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
133. JFK and his father |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. Oh, wait; the son of Khruschev is unbiased? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
115. Actually Dr. Sergei Khrushchev is a well respected intellectual. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. LOL. Who do you think is propping up this little stunt? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. What are you referring to as a stunt, Cape Wind? |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Yes. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Kennedy is opposing a wind farm because it ruins the view of rich |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #127 |
134. ...and John Kerry is no war hero. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. No. I don't understand what Kerry has to do with the Kennedys. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. The point is that if you're inclined to believe their lies |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #144 |
150. My we're rather credulous aren't we? Kennedy = liberalism? OOO Boy! |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #150 |
162. This post proves that you haven't read anything about JFK's.... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #162 |
172. Nonsense. I have been reading about JFK for years, with horror. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #127 |
149. p.s. your crack about "the Kennedy religion" |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. I am an atheist. I don't have any gods. Including John F. Kennedy. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. You could do worse. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #151 |
163. LOL. Whatever you say. |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #151 |
177. You know you could pull anybody apart with little effort |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
65. Hmmm. You hit just about all of the rightwing positions on JFK. |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
137. a nice portrait of Kennedy |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
160. I agree with most of this except for the Cuban misssle crisis |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. Killed. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The way we all revere William McKinley? nt |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Exactly. n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Even Warren G. Harding was revered after his death in office. |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thank You. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Not even close |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I was referring to the immediate response, not the long term response. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. The response to a death in office |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I didn't say Kennedy was as bad as Harding. With Harding, he is probably |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. wow |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Um, maybe you're unaware of US missile placements in Turkey? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Um, no |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
118. Oh, please. Your argument is completely absurd. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #118 |
122. 9,000 times? You must be really smart |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #122 |
128. Well for me history doesn't focus on two minute sound bites. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #118 |
130. Lincoln's Your Hero? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #130 |
135. The difference is between what he said in 1858 and what he did by 1865. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Stanford Disagrees with your Kennedy Slight claim |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. More Proof that JFK met MLK on 8/28/63 |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #140 |
174. Oh gee. There's a picture. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #174 |
178. Bunnypants is Lincolnesque |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #118 |
167. Speaking of China, that hole you're digging should take you there soon. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. You're pretty much dead wrong about JFK.... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. McKinley |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Plus, they renamed our beautiful Denali after him... n/t |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
100. Although that had happened earlier |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
155. You mean I'm the only one who cares about that? SHIT! |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. No |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
164. Do you really believe JFK was killed by the act of a "lone gunman"?.... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. Your math is off ..... |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. If my math is off... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The best book on |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. You didn't say "compared to FDR". |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Ah, okay |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
101. Jackie |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. those who die young are often held in higher regard than if |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Falco? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. He is dead |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli along those lines |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. JFK was learning, and learning fast. |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hope for the Future |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. he liked people and people like him - unlike current pResident |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
39. FDR certainly had more achievements |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think when he took the blame for the "Bay of Pigs"..... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. How would Dubya have handled a "Bay of Pigs"? |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. Let's put it this way.... |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
43. Well, for one, he bucked the JCOS in not starting a nuclear war over Cuba. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Anyone who lived through October 1962 -- |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. Absolutely. I was 11 years old living with my family in St. Pete, Florida. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. yikes |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. The local government advised taping windows to keep glass from.... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Ha...kinda like "duck and cover" |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Exactly! I remember looking up from under my desk at the big glass.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
111. I was 9 and living near Buffalo, NY |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. He was a breath air after the stifling '50s. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Back then we also didn't know |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. Do I ever remember that Paris trip! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
93. In Paris, JFK apologized for Jackie's being tardy, and added, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. A large part of being President is appealing to our "better angels" ... |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. For everyone commenting on his "womanizing" .... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. ...and Babs knew Poppy screwed around, and Pat knew Nixon..... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Named Bebe Rebozo?! |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. That is a good question. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. His Civil Rights program was passed by LBJ, adding to JFK's.... |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. A Couple Of Reasons, I guess |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. the moon challenge / civil service |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. He died for you. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
157. Gee. I had always though that he died for fucking over the mob after... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. He died because he attacked the CIA for our benefit. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #157 |
165. Pitiful. How lame. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. "Camelot", cute toddlers, gorgeous wife, wealthy, handsome, well-spoken, |
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DemGirl7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
73. He was handsome looking, had a great personality, and was killed in office |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
74. People admire him because he got to pork Marilyn Monroe. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. I wonder if rightwingers called their JFK smear project.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. Who didn't? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #95 |
107. Well, there was that. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #74 |
156. That was something you could be proud of. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
91. It had nothing to do with what he did |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Erm, no, 1960 was officially the 60's. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. dupe |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. But he died in 63, only three years into the next decade |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #99 |
152. Culturally... |
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Marleyb (736 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
96. JFK was the anti-bush |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
98. Clearly you've never read Philip D. Zelikow's "The Kennedy Tapes." |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. Edited by Zelikow |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #98 |
108. I wonder what the tapes at shrubco's WH would show, LOL... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
102. He established the Peace Corps. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
109. WHY DO YOU GOOD FOLKS FALL FOR THIS LAME BULLSHIT? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. What, Is He Living In An Apartment With Elvis Somewhere? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #109 |
143. why are you so gullible in accepting the offical story? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #143 |
158. If I was gullible |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #143 |
166. The story you're championing was part of the batch of red herrings.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 05:36 AM Response to Reply #166 |
175. The story in which the mob had infiltrated govt agencies, |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
110. Kennedy was an extremely powerful symbol with a lot of substance behind it |
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wadestock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
112. "Ask not what your country can do for you....." |
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wadestock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
114. Before this thread is locked.... |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
121. I agree that FDR should be rated higher than JFK |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #121 |
173. both Left and Right like FDR, for opposite reasons |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #173 |
176. I don't agree -- I think that there's a huge difference between |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
125. JFK |
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Kralizec (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
126. Ignorance. |
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angrynwhite (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
129. Like Lincoln |
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136. He did a lot of good with the power he had |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
145. I think that was the last time where America was actually |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
147. nixon said it..."when they look at you, they see what they want to be..." |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
148. Like Clinton, he talked a better game... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
154. In truth, Teddy has had a more lasting impact on the country than JFK |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
169. Cult of personality- Political icons rather than issues oriented politics |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
170. He is revered because of what he could have been. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
179. John Kennedy believed in our country and its people and the possibilities |
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