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valleyrogue

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13. Yes.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 13, 2024, 10:02 PM

Jul 2024

Fromme got all the publicity because of Manson. She did the time for many years, and so did Sara Jane Moore.

Fromme was paroled after 34 years, in 2009. She is 75 years old. Sara Jane Moore was paroled after 32 years, in 2007. She is 94 years old. Ford died in 2006.

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Reminder: George Wallace was not helped by a botched attempt. [View all] Tom Yossarian Joad Jul 2024 OP

Neither was Gerald Ford. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #1

No bullets were fired at Ford. I think she was the focus of the attention. Ford seemed to be an afterthought. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #2

Fromme pointed the gun and pulled the trigger but the gun didn't fire, Ocelot II Jul 2024 #3

Fromme and Sara Jane Moore valleyrogue Jul 2024 #5

I barely remember the second one. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #9

Yes. valleyrogue Jul 2024 #13

And this LeftInTX Jul 2024 #16

Thank you SalviaBlue Jul 2024 #4

Kick dalton99a Jul 2024 #6

I have seen some bad analogies... former9thward Jul 2024 #7

I put my crystal ball away a long time ago. Tom Yossarian Joad Jul 2024 #8

Considering that he's tweeting right now, I think his convention is ready to go without a hitch. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #11

Neither was Theodore Roosevelt. roamer65 Jul 2024 #10

Just Damn !!! How many political figures were shot back then?!?! uponit7771 Jul 2024 #12

another reason to like DU bigtree Jul 2024 #14

But George Wallace was incapacitated by it and could not continue DemocraticPatriot Jul 2024 #15

Wallace wasn't a serious candidate to begin with brooklynite Jul 2024 #17