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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:27 AM Original message |
1954 - my how times have changed |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. 'Their number is negligible and they are stupid.' |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ike was considering the effect of the press to end such idiotic actions |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He likely had Ed Murrow in mind... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. their number may neglible, but their wealth is unworldly |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Didn't preclude them from managing to accumulate a lot of wealth and power. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. ike was more liberal than 95% of the today`s democratic leadership |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ike saw war... and abhorred it. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The danger is government/corporate collusion |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If only Ike was their hero, and not Reagan... |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ike was sane, which means... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Gotcha. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. and spent WWII in front of a camera. Too bad he wasn't sent to a front, |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. And he even got confused about that, mixed up his on-screen roles with his actual life... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. If it's any consolation the only people that give him credit are the coprophagic media and its |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ah ha. thanks, interesting link... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. He had lived through the depression. He saw what we're likely to see again soon. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks-Ihave been looking for that quote |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Keep reading.... |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. More... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It is quite a read |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Because cancer never sleeps. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. That was after 20 years of FDR style leadership |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Most of today's Democrats wold consider yesterday's Republicans rabid leftists. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Not most, just the ones who have acquired leadership positions. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. I was fourteen then and my family were Republicans. |
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