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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:34 AM Original message |
Holy #$%!, has anyone been watching C-SPAN 2? |
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PsychoDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. They were once were. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, once upon a time |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Extraordinary post |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Truly Excellent Post !!! - Thank You !!! |
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Tommythegun (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. That'll come... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. Perhaps, but... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. "wholesale discrediting of FDR and the sliming of his legacy" |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. despite their views on Vietnam, Humphrey and Johnson |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. LBJ was a great Texan |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. you bet he was |
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HarveyBriggs (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 02:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. He murdered 50,000 good soldiers. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Not to mention about 3 million SE Asians. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. RFK was killed in Nixon/Reagan's home state |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I've always felt LBJ got a bad rep |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. LBJ |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't buy into the myth of LBJ |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think LBJ realized that... |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No that's the right way to look at it |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Stay the course! Stay the course! |
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Liberal Christian (746 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Don't forget, however |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Please just let me have this moment |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. LBJ did more than carry the policies of JFK forward |
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TeacherCreature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I was alive back then |
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StandUpGuy (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Is this the same thing ? |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Excellent, excellent question. And , man, do I wish I had a clear answer! |
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StandUpGuy (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Thank you for your reply. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 02:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Counter balance. . . |
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StandUpGuy (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. sweet |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. About the edit |
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StandUpGuy (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. while I agree |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. Do some reading on the Tonkin Gulf, in particular the book written by.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 07:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. what myth? that he was a saint? |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Let's Not Forget |
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rastignac5 (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Only the white hippies burned him in effigy |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. I was at those demonstrations and there was no lack of minorities. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Utter bullshit |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. LBJ was utter bullshit, but he fooled a lot of people....see my post #63.. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Nope, I'm not blaming JFK for Vietnam either |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. If you like vintage campaign.... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. That was before corporations were given the same rights as individuals |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. on the other hand... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. We had REAL poverty then |
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ParisFrance (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. LBJ Killed Kennedy |
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TeacherCreature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. no, the cia and pentagon killed Kennedy |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. Poppy Bush, Nixon, and J. Edgar Hoover were all in Dallas that day... |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Hey! Scotty McClellan's dad is a DUer!!!!!! |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 06:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. We have real poverty now |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 08:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. And Clinton assured us last night that Kerry was solidly behind |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 02:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Poverty, education, the environment |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:36 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. meaningless lip service, indeed |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. Honestly, I think all truly "liberal" issues are vilified |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. We have education programs |
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candy331 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Very true Kenzee 13 I too worked in DSS until last year (when I left to |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. It was just after the Depression... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 07:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That's the environment Johnson came out of. |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Really, I can't ever remeber a Republican president that REALLY |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Believe it or not, |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. The moderate center used to be progressive |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
23. You're forgetting a major reason why Kerry CAN'T talk like LBJ |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
27. You were not familiar with The Great Society? |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. How old are you? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. I grew up with them and combined with MLK, that was the time to be alive |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
78. You are sooooooo right...it was an EXCITING and hopeful time. |
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resist (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. Thank the DLC |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. LBJ and Humphrey couldn't really bring their ideas |
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HarveyBriggs (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. LBJ suffered from "Texas Disorder" |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. You must be young......... |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
49. yes,the best tv |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
50. Humphrey's speech beat LBJ's in a walk. |
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Tommythegun (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. Shades of a different country... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. "Let's nail that coonskin to the wall." "I will not accept.." |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. LBJ was yesterday's Zell Miller....might as well have been a GOPer.... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I hear that LBJ pushed the great society and that was his idea not Kennedy |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Nope. That was JFK's concept. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. didnt know that |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. You didn't know it |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. New Frontier = JFK |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. SNARF! |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. Yes, that is why I keep posting threads about those issues...I |
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