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libertee (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:06 AM Original message |
I'm just a little concerned about the nostalgia connected with "Camelot" |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. And Ironically, Obama's platform is to discard the old, in with the new |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Some may forget: "Camelot" was a stage musical, based on fiction. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. And it is a tragedy where the flaw in the hero is idealism and self-sacrifice. |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Clintons tried to portray themselves as Camelot when they moved into the White House |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Camelot was the image...the reality was of the |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. When Hillary does it, it's a case of being trapped in the old ways |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. When Clintons do it it's called 'Coverupalot' because that is how we got Bush2 |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Yet if he DID go after the Reagan criminals ... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. What a crock. There would BE universal healthcare and healthy environment and |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Not at all |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Baloney - you're grasping and reaching because you know what I said is the truth. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. For a more balanced look at those days |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. JFK is one of my favoritesbut Camelot was invented long |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Actually Jackie with the help of Theodore H. White and Life Magazine |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. I was only in 3rd grade at the time of |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. I do not think it is the 'time' but the mind set of these two men |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes! The Mind Set. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not me. I want to bring it all back. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Indeed. NOW...more than ever, Friend. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Great pic, and I think that's what it boils down to: |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Also, you may want to rent "13 Days", too. JUDGEMENT ! ALWAYS JUDGEMENT |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. Screw Camelot. Let's just have some legal justice based on |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. "Might for right" |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's my favorite quote from the film. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Most Beloved First Family Ever: |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Wow, what a great picture |
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libertee (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. so much alike |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. It might have something to do with this: |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. A few more: |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. He was great. But had he not been assassinated, a lot of thinking |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. No More Mythical than the "Good Old 90's' |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. This country is so far from camelot that it renders it meaningless |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's a Baby Boomer thing |
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