Stop_the_War
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Tue Feb-08-05 04:51 PM
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I wonder what America would be like..... |
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if three political figures were not assassinated:
Martin Luther King Jr. John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy
I think if they were still alive, America would be a more liberal and tolerant society, and neo-conservatives would be rare.
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Tue Feb-08-05 04:52 PM
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1. Now you know why they had to be assassinated. n/t |
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Tue Feb-08-05 04:58 PM
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2. Even though he wasn't a politician ... John Lennon |
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Talk about a double-dose: we lost Lennon and elected Raygun within practically a month. What if Lennon hadn't died and Carter had won in '80? I can always dream ...
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Tue Feb-08-05 05:04 PM
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Tue Feb-08-05 05:17 PM
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4. i think mlk more than anything. |
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Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 05:17 PM by ashmanonar
although jfk and rfk had their place in the whole matter, i think it was mlk that really pushed change.
a few days ago, there was a thread that contained a post regarding the later activities of mlk jr. does anyone know what thread that was?
on edit: and yes, lennon was a sore blow. we lost a great man.
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Tue Feb-08-05 05:18 PM
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5. Yes, but RFK would have probably been elected president, |
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which would have meant no Nixon, no Watergate... Everything subsequent would have been different.
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Tue Feb-08-05 05:19 PM
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6. MLK could've been the first African American president. |
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That would've been AWESOME!
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:03 PM
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7. RFK was considering MLK as running mate |
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Now THAT would have totally changed the WORLD, not just this country.
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:04 PM
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:15 PM
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That would have been one heck of a ticket there. Please excuse my ignorance as it was before my time, but who did end up winning that election?
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:06 PM
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9. And THEN he would had been assasinated. |
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THEY have and will continue to kill those who pose any type of a threat to them.
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:14 PM
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i'd vote for rfk and mlk.
...that is, if i had been of legal voting age...
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:12 PM
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10. The right, who killed them, didn't know yet |
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They killed these men but they didn't assassinate their characters. They made them martyrs for OUR cause and permanent annoyances for themselves. They haven't made the same mistake in a long time. I mourn these men's deaths but their deaths were not in vain. The right's tactics now are different.
If Karl Rove were in charge of destroying the Kennedys, he would have let them live but spun them into something less than heroes. Dr. King would have been easy--he was a black man. A special investigation here, a raised eyebrow there, and the white public would see him the same way they see Snoop Dogg or 50 Cent.
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