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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:31 AM Original message |
Never before has any Democrat, not even LBJ, merited being dumped more |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, we dumped LBJ. AND GOT RICHARD NIXON. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Excellent Point.... |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We would have gotten Nixon anyway. Johnson was unreelectable. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Absolutely. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes but Bobby Kennedy would probably have become president |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No. He couldn't have gotten the nomination. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Respectfully disagree. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Got anything to back that up but wishful thinking? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Unfortunately that's something we'll never know |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I could SWEAR I remember LBJ throwing in the towel. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. What are you going to believe, your memory or just blaming disgruntled liberals? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Actually the anti-war movement was very much "against LBJ" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Definitely. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Indeed |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. LBJ threw in the towel because of the strong 2nd place showing Eugene McCarthy made in New Hamphsire |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Damn straight. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. you are correct... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. "Hey, hey lBJ.. How many kids did you kill today" |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. The movement wasn't to get LBJ out of office. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Where do you think the McCarthy support came from? |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. He had a serious heart condition |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. That's what I thought as well |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Hey, hey LBJ ... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Yes, and he did it "with a heavy heart." |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I thought I remember from that election that 1 more vote for Humphrey in each ward |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. What state are you talking about? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Not a state, the nation. n/t |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Wrong...LBJ dumped himself...nt |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. For all his faults, Nixon was further to the left than Obama on domestic policy! n/t |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. the Vietnam War and LBJ's |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Yes. You are 100% correct. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I think you're misremembering the facts of that election. n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Here's a link to a short article on the 40th anniversary of LBJ dumping himself -> |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. If Obama proposes to cut bedrock Dem programs like medicare |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 That's what the primary system is *for*. If we don't use it.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. yes, yes. just wave your little magic wand. |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Sadly, it might come down to picking the lesser of two evils. n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. It usually is, and often we pick wrong. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. this article is so full of shit. |
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BlackHoleSon (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Lesser evilism |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. so you want to jump straight to the greater evil? brilliant. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Unrec for horseshit...nt |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. ^^^ |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. loved Mike Gravel in the 2008 |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. I sent the unrec fairy to this post |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. It's ok, simply doing my job |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. OBAMABAD OBAMABAD OBAMABAD OBAMABAD OBAMABAD OBAMABAD |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Actually it's the broken-ass record played repeatedly by this same poster |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. the simple reality is the political/economic mechanism is simply not going to allow anyone anymore |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I think you're right, unfortunately |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. We don't know this until we get those voices and memes out there |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yes. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. If there is "nothing we can do about it" we might as well all go out |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. we can do our best to minimize the damage and hold on and hope that somehow or other the tide will |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Regarding fuel cost: A increase of a say 25% utilization of |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. those are all great ideas - but they simply are not going to happen - at |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why are you posting this Pro-GOP tripe here at DU, disgusting nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. I wonder about the poster's real political position. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Unrec for horribly biased, unreliable source |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Unrec for B.S. of an article n/t |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is a crap article. I'm sorry I wasted my time reading it. n/t |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. Show seriousness. Contribute to the maintenance of DU. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
70. a new poster doing this so incessantly would have some pepperoni and cheese. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. I became an Independent in December after he sold out on the Bush tax cuts |
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Ihavethechoice (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. This a crap post |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. To be FAIR.. LBJ actually accomplished quite a lot.. CRA, VRA, Medicare.. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. True |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
63. I don't think Obama deserves to be dumped and I don't think LBJ deserved to be dumped (eom) |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
64. This is total crap and shouldn't even be posted on DU. |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Agree. n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. +1000 X10^10 |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
66. unrec. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
72. So you like that Paul Ryan Proposal..... |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
74. unrec for convoluted reasoning. nt |
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