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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:13 AM Original message |
Was John F. Kennedy a Liberal by today's standards? |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. "by today's standards" he was probably a communist |
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Left Turn (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Well.... |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I was being sarcastic in regards to the rightward lurch we have taken |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. He was a far left nutjob by today's standards |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. How Would JFK Be Far Left By Today's Standards? |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Thanks...this sounds more reasonable. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I Don't Think Anybody Can Argue The Country Wasn't More Conservative Then. |
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jbonkowski (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It's more complicated than that |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I Agree... |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Supporting individual policies that aren't strictly liberal doesn't define |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Which Policies? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I Just Want To Repeat |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. the deal |
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BL611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. That is not entirely accurate.... |
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leanin_green (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. If anything, he would probably fit quite nicely within the DLC. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. He Was A Liberal By The Only Fair Standard |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Correct |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Xactly... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The More I Think About JFK... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think he was pretty conservative |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Catholic, yes. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I doubt if he ever spoke on the abortion issue |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I have never read anything from him on it. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Birth control? |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Sorry, I was out. |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nixon was a liberal if you were to judge |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. He did represent Democratic principles of the time |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Positively! |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. See his speech accepting the New York State Liberal |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. My favorite JFKennedy quote |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You just made my day with that quote!!!! |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You're welcome |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. far left, probably a little bi-polar |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hell, by today's standards, NIXON was a liberal! |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Flame away |
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kostya (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I don't think your opinion is taboo in the least, but it would generate |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. He was behind the Endangered Species act, which the current GOP is |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Some Of What You Said Was True.. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Environmental Protection Agency, anyone? |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. At least the Nixon gang had a Democratic Congress to deal with... |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Ask not what you can do for your country-- |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. He founded the Peace Corps, supported Civil Rights. What's not |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. I remember JFK and I even voted for him. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. Everyone's a liberal by todays standards. You are with Bush, or |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. When you say "terrorists" |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
31. I still wonder if he could even run in today's political climate |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. Friggin' Benito Mussolini was a liberal by today's standards. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
37. I've only read one biography |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Nixon was a liberal by today's standard. eom |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
40. I Forgot What The Word Is... |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Remember: JFK murdered, MLK murdered, RFK murdered... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think this says it all, "What is a Liberal" - JFK. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. Look at his economic policies |
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BL611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. One Thousand Days.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
56. An economic liberal, a foreign policy conservative, and mostly |
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