The real JFK on working with Republicans

jackson_dem

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Mon Jan-07-08 09:23 PM
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The real JFK on working with Republicans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGyT-z9SlA&eurl=http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011671.php

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BootinUp

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Mon Jan-07-08 09:28 PM
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1. he was doing some schoolin' there. K&R

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Lautremont

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Mon Jan-07-08 09:52 PM
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2. Okay Democratic candidates, watch and learn. Please!

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Cameron27

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Mon Jan-07-08 09:55 PM
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3. I saw that this morning!

That's how you campaign against Republicans!

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ClericJohnPreston

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Mon Jan-07-08 10:11 PM
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4. Thats John Edwards!

How dare anyone compare Obama-lite to JFK, especially after watching that tape!

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TankLV

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Mon Jan-07-08 10:22 PM
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5. Obama is not fit to lick JFK's soiled undershorts...

THAT's what a DEMOCRAT sounds like - we don't NEED or WANT "bipartisanship" crap...

What this country needs and WANTS is a good dose of DEMOCRATIC PARTISANSHIP as ass kicking...

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ClericJohnPreston

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Mon Jan-07-08 10:32 PM
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6. PLEASE NOTE!

That NO Obamite ever comes near a post which causes COGNITIVE DISSONANCE!

When their shallow and hollow sloganeering candidate is actually matched up to the reality, is that Obama or JOHN EDWARDS!

Tsk, tsk....but hey, they do make great slogans everyday.

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Thrill

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:04 AM
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14. And people say the Obama supporters are attacking? Please

look in the mirror

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Carolina

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Tue Jan-08-08 07:08 AM
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24. exactly

I don't hear, and haven't heard, our so-called leaders with experience talking like that either!

HRC, Pelosi, Reid...

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Mr_Monday

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Tue Jan-08-08 03:29 AM
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22. Ok, Mr. keyboard psychologist

Cognitive Dissonance is a good term to use, especially in a political setting, but after a while, it gets really really annoying. All politics are based on cognitive dissonance, but most people just call it rationalization.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Mon Jan-07-08 10:36 PM
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7. Now THAT's an ass-kicking.

What I wouldn't give to hear one of our Democrats -- any of them -- take on the neocon asswads like that.

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Triana

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Tue Jan-08-08 01:11 AM
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8. Better get a fighter. JFK didn't win or govern on "hope"

He was a FIGHTER.

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frankenforpres

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Tue Jan-08-08 01:16 AM
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9. PURPLE DEEP PURPLE

make friends

bloomieberg

vial vile powell

thats what friends are for

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Yuugal

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Tue Jan-08-08 01:36 AM
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10. K&R nt

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incapsulated

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Tue Jan-08-08 01:38 AM
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11. Goddamn!

WE USED TO HAVE BALLS!

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itsrobert

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Tue Jan-08-08 01:41 AM
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12. Too bad Obama wants to sit around the table with republicans and sing Kumbaya

Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 01:41 AM by itsrobert

Four more years of bending over and taking it in the rear. :(

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maximusveritas

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:01 AM
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13. This is a bad comparison

Kennedy was speaking to a Democratic audience about electing Democrats to Congress in order to counteract Nixon.

This is nothing like Obama talking about unity while running for President. If you want to make a comparison, compare it to when Obama was traveling around the country in 2005 and 2006 campaigning on behalf of Democrats so we could stand up to George W. Bush.

I guess people will hear what they want to hear though.

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jackson_dem

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:07 AM
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16. I remember Obama's stirring speech when he campaigned for Lamont

Compare JFK's speech to Obama's kumbaya BS. JFK understood what type of people we are up against.

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ruggerson

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:05 AM
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15. Every single person on DU should watch this clip

thank you

K&R

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Cameron27

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:09 AM
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17. I'm going to kick this up again,

because it's just that good.

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sandnsea

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:11 AM
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18. JFK had Republicans in his Administration

That clip was when he was campaigning in the GE. He didn't govern that way at all.

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jackson_dem

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:13 AM
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19. Bipartisan cabinets are not unusual

Even Bush had a Democrat in his cabinet for many years. That didn't stop him from having a take-no-prisoners approach to Democrats.

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sandnsea

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Tue Jan-08-08 02:16 AM
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20. Yeah let's have more of that

Don't you get it? Americans are sick of "take no prisoners".

Kennedy was not a vindictive President the way Bush is.

And if you haven't noticed, Obama is beating the "take no prisoners" Clinton machine.

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H2O Man

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Tue Jan-08-08 07:01 AM
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23. Right.

This is one of two GD-P posts that is using this clip to "prove" JFK didn't believe in working with republicans. It is evidence of either a very shallow knowledge of JFK, or purposeful distortion of Kennedy.

His entire political career showed an ability to work with people in both parties. Anyone who is familiar with his career knows that Kennedy and Nixon were friends, though the 1960 election obviously involved competition between them. The campaign also allowed JFK to showcase his sense of humor, and those who are interested in reading some of the better examples of his humor in the '60 election can read "The Kennedy Wit."

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Wilms

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Tue Jan-08-08 03:24 AM
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21. .

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