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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:46 PM Original message |
How many here would have supported Johnson's Vietnam policy because he was an incumbent Democrat? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I opposed Johnson and his war and his spying on Americans |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Same here. At the time I didn't realize how important his Great Society programs were. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. I supported his civil rights and great society stuff. the war came |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I did NOT support it. |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I feel the same |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well I was and I did not. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Johnson's domestic policies would have made it a little bit easier to overlook his Vietnam policy |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Same dilemma, different day. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Johnson offered far more carrot (n/t) |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yeah, like if they had actually given us health care reform |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Maybe no primarying, but I'd be VERY tempted with Bernie Sanders in the general... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. The idea of paving the way for Palin or Brown or whoever |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Johnson's Great Society died when he escalated the war in Vietnam |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I protested against him every chance I got. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. How many people supported the war monger JFK? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Had JFK been a warmonger, he would have listened to his generals during Missile Crisis |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I re-read "the Missile Crisis" by Elie Abel a couple of years ago while I was laid up |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Had JFK been a warmonger, he would have created a Missile Crisis... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Not as many who supported Obama. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I was 11 when he was elected! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Oh come on. He wasn't. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. I didn't support Johnson's Vietnam policy. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. I might have thrown a poopy diaper at him, if given the opportunity |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. My answer is not even would have, it is did not. I was furious at him. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Very good question. k&r n/t |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. All of those who put party and personality above principle. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. I did not then, and would not now. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. As a poor, black, Vietnam vet in 1967, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not I. n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Hey Hey, L.B.J." |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "How many kids did you kill today?" |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't know, I wasn't alive then. I doubt I would have supported him on Vietnam. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. There's at least one incorrect assumption in your question, good as it is. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Although there are many similarities between Afghanistan & |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Thank you, well said. And for the record I did NOT Vietnam. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Ok, let me reverse the question then. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sure, but's it's a difficult comparison. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Fair enough. |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. How is it a sound policy in Afghanistan? What are the conditions for victory? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. "what the hell do you think is going to happen in Afghanistan" |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nope. nt |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, ME ME ME! nt |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. I was in the army at the time...I was not too happy with the Democrats, |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hell no! nt |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Apples,...meet oranges. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not me - and not the vast majority of my peers in college |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. I worked for Eugene McCarthy. In hindsight, I wish the Great Society president had been able to... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. I didn't support it at the time. |
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