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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:30 AM Original message |
Remember the riots, results of the 1968 Democratic |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Was there, you are right. Too many, too youg, too soft, and too comfortable think that |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Looks more and more like, as you said, it's going to take |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You are right. Now here at DU, Cindy Sheehan is being hoisted on a spear and hung out |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. For a Congress that seems to be less and less civilized... |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. AMEN! Well, now there are two of us who get it.....where are the rest??? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. But they type real good. |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Oh, stop it right now and go to your room. Let's make a bet you and I, to see |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. There are those of us who do a hell of a lot more than |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Yep |
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bookman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'll never forget it |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well, Wallace made it interesting... |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Wallace made it more than interesting, he threw the election to Nixon. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Yep. Wallace screwed us. nt |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Don't You Think He Meant the Platform Vote at the Convention Being Close |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 AM Original message |
It is possible, but I don't think it tracks exactly |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. I just recently read "The Making of the President 1968" by Teddy White. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. It helped the Republican party win the next two presidential elections. nt |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. little known history: the October surprise of 1968 |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Excellent read. I'm going to dig deeper. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. I was going to bring up throwing blood on the file cabinets and things |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. The "peace wing" was correct about Vietnam as I believe they are about Iraq (bu$h's War) |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm with you. nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Remember that the "peace wing" of the movement was largely |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. I, too, was there. "The Police Riots," 1968. Landed in Cook County. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I saw it all on my parent's b & w television set... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. He's Tanned, Rested and Ready...Nixon in '08!!! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It just might happen. His name will be spelled... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Nixon crapped bigger than Fred |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Thompson is the turd Nixon crapped. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. '72 and '76 Were No Picnics Either... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I hope you're right about that. I really do. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. The Ground Keeps Changing |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. I was there |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No argumetnt there... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. My congresswoman |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nope, I wasn't born until 1969. I'm not surprised this is the case, though. - n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Democrats will not win the Presidency on an impeachment platform... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well, since August of 2008 will be a little too late for |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. I remember it well. That's when my "trust" of politicians ceased. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Maybe I will make it to Denver too |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. If Riots Happened Today, It Would Give Bush** The Excuse He Needs to Go Fully Banana-Republic |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well, then, I guess we should behave ourselves. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. funny you should mention that |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. Great post and reminder! Thank You! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. most of the activists in Colorado will have to use walkers |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. There are things called |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. You also don't have a large number of men who are in danger of |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. exactly-- |
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