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Imagine if John F. Kennedy thought like Hillary... (Original Post) AZ Progressive Jan 2016 OP
We can't go to the moon, it's too hard. Sorry, NASA. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #1
To me, Hillary is antithetical to the American spirit n/t AZ Progressive Jan 2016 #6
Or LBJ, 'a civil rights act will never pass in this country' sabrina 1 Jan 2016 #2
OR I am afraid to do this, my backers will not like it angstlessk Jan 2016 #10
MLK "I don't have a dream ,,," Jarqui Jan 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #4
If JFK thought like Hillary did anyone mention INdemo Jan 2016 #5
The Cuban Missile Crisis - The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #8
By the end of this decade, we should strive to achieve the goal of safely... DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #7
What an awful thought. 99Forever Jan 2016 #9
Well played! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #11
No Bay Of Pigs Debacle Bad Dog Jan 2016 #12
Well she DOES want a new Manhattan Project to make sure you can't encrypt your phone. pa28 Jan 2016 #13

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,679 posts)
1. We can't go to the moon, it's too hard. Sorry, NASA.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:55 PM
Jan 2016

Maybe you can make weather balloons or something practical like that. Civil rights? That's going to take a long time and will be pretty difficult. Too bad about that black kid who wanted to go to the University of Mississippi, or those other students in Alabama, but I can't see any reason to waste federal money on National Guard involvement. It will all sort itself out eventually. I was thinking about a program I wanted to call "The New Frontier," which would provide money for education, medical care for the elderly, and economic aid to rural areas, but I changed my mind because I didn't think it would go anywhere - it would just be too hard. All the sensible people tell me not to rock the boat and try to change things too much...

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
10. OR I am afraid to do this, my backers will not like it
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:10 PM
Jan 2016

LBJ proclaimed the loss of the south and STILL DID IT!

Response to AZ Progressive (Original post)

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,679 posts)
8. The Cuban Missile Crisis -
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:08 PM
Jan 2016

which I remember well. Scared the living crap out of everybody at the time (and nobody even knew then how bad it really was). I don't know what Hillary would have done.... "It's too hard to do anything about, I guess we'll just let the Russians put their missiles in Cuba."

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
7. By the end of this decade, we should strive to achieve the goal of safely...
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:07 PM
Jan 2016

...commissioning a study about going to the moon.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
13. Well she DOES want a new Manhattan Project to make sure you can't encrypt your phone.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:19 PM
Jan 2016
Hillary Clinton Wants A 'Manhattan Project' For Encryption

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151220/08101633141/hillary-clinton-wants-manhattan-project-encryption-not-back-door-that-makes-no-sense.shtml

Too bad she's not that ambitious when it comes to the idea of making single payer a reality.
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