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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts) Sat Sep 18, 2021, 02:21 AM Sep 2021

Al Franken on How Being a Nazi in America These Days Seems More Acceptable than in the 50s

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Al Franken on How Being a Nazi in America These Days Seems More Acceptable than in the 50s (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP

Most WW2 vets are either dead or are in a nursing home somewhere... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #1

Yes, My father was a WWII vet Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #3

I've been posting his podcasts and including the link to his tour Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #2

K&R Blue Owl Sep 2021 #4

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)

1. Most WW2 vets are either dead or are in a nursing home somewhere...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 02:35 AM

Sep 2021

Just like the Lost Cause, it never really took off (outside the South) until after the northern soldiers that fought the war were dead.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

3. Yes, My father was a WWII vet

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 08:45 AM

Sep 2021

If he were still alive, today would have been his 100th birthday.

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)

2. I've been posting his podcasts and including the link to his tour

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 03:56 AM

Sep 2021

When it dawned on me to check it out myself - and I now have tickets to see him in November! He really is touring much of the country...

Get tickets to see Al during his 15-city "The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour" Tour at https://alfranken.com/appearances.

Blue Owl

(50,362 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:02 AM

Sep 2021

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