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In reply to the discussion: Democrats should pull the Jesus card [View all]turtlerescue1
(1,013 posts)Muskie was my guy, and looked what happened there.
Absolutely loved Paul and Sheila Wellstone, Paul always listened, he always made you feel cared about, and he fought for beliefs. And that plane did what? The first words out of my mouth when informed was "Damn, they killed him." Of course-maybe not.
POW/MIAs were always a concern. But ya know when a particular Senator got off that plane when he was let free, sure didn't seem to spend much time or effort for the others, including one Lt. Franklin A. Caras, captured just about the same day as my h.s. graduation-the ones left behind. Not with seven homes, couldn't spare the interest.
We also don't have the access to information, like the Top 50 War Profiteers of 1968 that came out of Berkley. Had to have a copy after listening to the guys I grew up with when they got "back" from TDY. Today, not going to happen.
The weekend RFK was murdered, his entourage drove past my home after a rally, on the way to the airport to LA. We just can't seem to keep the ones that we could call "heroes" alive, or not "discredited".
That is why the normal splintered shape of the Democrats is so irritating. Drove me nuts for years, and it still is.