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RobertPlant (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:50 PM Original message |
is anyone here old enough to remember the 1964 election? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are many, many here who remember that election. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Viet Nam |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Viet nam and then the nation freaked out over drug use, hippies, protests, riots, etc. n/t |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oh and almost forgot the biggest thing - civil rights act. Racists who were living in the south |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The 1964 version of the tea-party people glombed-onto the "hippies" |
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RobertPlant (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. i do agree that Kennedy getting capped had to do with the landslide |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure the JFK assassination had a lot to do with him getting 61% |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was three months old but I don't remember it. n/t |
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Duncan (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. me too. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Define "squander our success" |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. The majority included a lot of right-wing Dixiecrats |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes. After the '64 election the Democrats lost the "solid south" |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The biggest reason Democrats held the South |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. "not really squandered - there was never a real liberal majority" |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. I remember the Atomic Bomb campaign ad against Goldwater |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That notorious ad was officially aired only once. n/t |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Vietnam, Voting Rights Act |
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RobertPlant (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think that by the early 70s |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. I remember being happy that we had all voted for Johnson, because |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. At the time, Barry Goldwater appeared to be an war-mongering extremist |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nixons "Southern strategy" |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. my mother a democrat voted for him - I was not old enough to vote |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. You can thank Bill Moyers for that election. He was the one who... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Vietnam was Lyndon Johnson's downfall. |
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dumpdabaggers (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. I remember it. |
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