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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:09 PM Original message |
One bizarre aspect of the debate--reference to Reagan's SDI program |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moreover, McSame's claim that SDI helped to bring about the end of Communist Russia |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. True, military spending was thought by some to play a role, but SDI? |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Falling commodity prices, brought about by |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I caught McCain's reference to SDI and his ridiculous claim |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. to stop others from bombing us???? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. SDI = "star wars" = to current "missile defense shield" They have been pissing way our money for |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some believe that the threat of SDI made the Russians |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. The Soviets folded because of their own mismanagement. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. We spent billions and billions on it |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. We never did. It was never funded - that we know of, anyway. |
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insanity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think the SDI theroy is bogus |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. All we needed was A Flock of Seagulls playing in the background |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Tell you anything baout where McCain's heart and mind are? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No, Kevin Bacon's a Democrat |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Maybe one of those cheesy cold war comedies with the comically inept russians? |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have heard the rationale that missile defense will force China to spend money on defense |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reading this jogged my memory about something else. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good point--I think the negatives of having spent 25 years in the Senate are showing |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Further on the KGB reference. |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. HE'S A PLAGIARIST!!! (nt) |
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