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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
51. Were you a Democrat when Kennedy was alive?
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:38 PM
Apr 2013

If not, you should've been. Geez, we thought we could do anything... Go to the moon. Live in peace and share prosperity on earth. Treat all people as equals.

There were 1,036 days from Jan. 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963. That’s 24,864 hours or 1,491,840 minutes or 89,510,400 seconds. The period’s been called the thousand days of Camelot. Really just a blink of an eye. For America it means more than that, though. It truly was a legendary time and America truly was a magical place — a place where anything was possible.

Consider what President Kennedy worked to achieve: He raised the minimum wage, cut taxes, kept America from nuclear annihilation at least three times, maintained world peace, set about to bring equal rights for all Americans, integrated FBI and the Secret Service, got the country to invest in the arts and education, and set out to do the impossible — land an American on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth. He did all that in 1,036 days.

A thousand days. That is not much time considering how much JFK accomplished. It was different from what's passed for government service since then. President Kennedy used each day to make ours a better nation for ALL Americans.



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Obama loves him some Reagan. The Link Apr 2013 #1
I noticed it, too. Octafish Apr 2013 #11
I think Obama was right there and not expressing love of Reagan hfojvt Apr 2013 #37
That's it? Kolesar Apr 2013 #53
Fuck Bruce Dixon...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #2
Why? Are you horny? Dragonfli Apr 2013 #12
It is inspiring to read all that you add to DU. Octafish Apr 2013 #13
I can't wait to see you somehow tie this all to the BFEE and the Kennedy assassination...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #26
Seeing how you've never posted anything critical of the BFEE or the Warren Commission... Octafish Apr 2013 #42
Why, didn't you tell us you never read anything more than two lines? sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #57
No, sabrina... SidDithers Apr 2013 #59
Well, that explains why you know so little about US politics. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #60
Oh, I read Octafish's posts... SidDithers Apr 2013 #61
In vain? Octafish Apr 2013 #64
Oh, that was the one where you used a white nationalist as your source... SidDithers Apr 2013 #66
No, It's an example. Octafish Apr 2013 #67
Wow. You get SERIOUS props from me on how you handled that Number23 Apr 2013 #68
Good to see you... SidDithers Apr 2013 #69
+1000 one_voice Apr 2013 #15
I'm continually amazed at the "sources" that the so-called progressives at DU use...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #22
You mean like the Moonie Washington Times? Me too. That right wing rag was created to sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #58
Hey! Shut up! NealK Apr 2013 #35
Awesome... SidDithers Apr 2013 #36
.... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #38
Based on my dread of reading the news every day - they are peas in the exact same pod. forestpath Apr 2013 #3
Channeling Cheney Octafish Apr 2013 #29
Yeah, the President is just like Dick Cheney Kolesar Apr 2013 #54
No, that article was just about his energy policy. Octafish Apr 2013 #56
Lincoln-FDR-LBJ-Obama. The four greatest presidents ever.And Hillary in 2016 graham4anything Apr 2013 #4
! Fuddnik Apr 2013 #46
Were you a Democrat when Kennedy was alive? Octafish Apr 2013 #51
wow, powerful stuff - quinnox Apr 2013 #5
"Powerful" nonsense. n/t ProSense Apr 2013 #7
Don't bother them, Pro. This thread alone has probably boosted Black Agenda Report's readership Number23 Apr 2013 #31
You know, ProSense Apr 2013 #6
Apparently, it does...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #23
great thread title Bennyboy Apr 2013 #8
Somebody had to say it. (eom) CanSocDem Apr 2013 #9
I'll take "Ronald Reagan's 9th" for the win! Dragonfli Apr 2013 #10
It's a new car! Octafish Apr 2013 #16
. dionysus Apr 2013 #14
More Reagan than Reagan. MrSlayer Apr 2013 #17
"More Reagan than Reagan" quinnox Apr 2013 #21
But on the plus side... NealK Apr 2013 #27
... zappaman Apr 2013 #18
Goldman Sachs was made whole by Timothy Geithner, 100-cents on the dollar. Octafish Apr 2013 #49
Hey! You're not focusing only on the ups and downs of chess-game politics! deutsey Apr 2013 #19
Bush's third, in many ways NoMoreWarNow Apr 2013 #20
K&R - Awesome post. limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #24
K&R n/t whatchamacallit Apr 2013 #25
Yawn. More bullshit from "alternative" news sites with nobodies pretending to be journalists. DemocraticProse Apr 2013 #28
And what could possibly increase traffic to a such a high-profile website?... SidDithers Apr 2013 #32
The tweedledum and tweedledee of FOX and MSNBC are your guiding star? delrem Apr 2013 #50
A jury voted 5-1 to leave this post alone. Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #52
wow. Just wow. jazzimov Apr 2013 #30
All of the above broadcaster75201 Apr 2013 #33
I'm a Kennedy Democrat. How foreign policy has changed since JFK administration... Octafish Apr 2013 #44
DURec leftstreet Apr 2013 #34
Greed is a plague for which we'll pay for dearly. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #39
Excellent Article, thanks for sharing! usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #40
Slowly, ever so slowly the scales fall away..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #41
But, will enough fall before it's too late? Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #62
Yeah, I think so..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #65
It's a mix of neo-Reagan and anti-FDR jsr Apr 2013 #43
The bloody DLC DissidentVoice Apr 2013 #45
Somebody's stealing my ideas. I've been calling it Reagans 9th for 6 months. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #47
lol quinnox Apr 2013 #48
Reagan's ninth is what is really going on. TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #55
Hey I was happy to get habeas corpus back Rex Apr 2013 #63
The banks run everything. woo me with science Apr 2013 #70
A donkey kick! quinnox Apr 2013 #71
The 6th of Hillary's 14? n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2013 #72
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