WOW! Who said THIS?

[PA Democrat]

"Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past."

[rodeodance]

1. Nixon

[rodeodance]

3. yup he did during his campaign

[BrotherBuzz]

10. Which campaign?

[htuttle]

12. 1968

When the War was still someone else's fault.

[PA Democrat]

14. Yes.

Nixon got away with this statement at the time because he could blame LBJ's administration.

[KansDem]

18. "Elect me and I'll stop the Vietnam War" worked so well in 1968...

...that he used it again in 1972.

[htuttle]

19. But in '72, he had a SECRET PLAN to end it

It was so secret, nobody EVER figured out what it was....

[Fozzledick]

21. Actually, Daniel Ellsberg went public with it

It was basically to threaten the use of nuclear weapons. He did have Henry Kissinger make the threat at the Paris peace negotiations (later confirmed by Vietnamese ambassador Le Duc Tho), but the growing anti-war movement deterred him from acting before the election and afterward he became preoccupied with that little Watergate thing.

[PA Democrat]

13. 1968 presidential campaign

Democratic candidate was Hubert Humphrey, LBJ's VP who was tainted with the Johnson administration's escalation of the Vietnam War.

[PA Democrat]

5. You win!

Isn't that an amazing quote?

That's how Democrats should be talking about Iraq.

[rodeodance]

7. thanks.

[corkhead]

17. Another TV commerical that would make repukes heads explode...

Nixon saying those words. Nothing else would need to be said.

[Bozita]

20. It needs to be run LIBERALLY

[boston bean]

2. Chuck Hagel?

[truebrit71]

4. Kermit the frog.

.

[calico1]

6. I am pretty sure it was Nixon. n/t

[eleny]

8. K&R - Thanks!

[Bozita]

9. Thom Hartmann played the clip about an hour ago

great quote, too.

[PA Democrat]

11. That's where I heard it too.

Also saw it on Buzzflash:

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorial/69

[Bozita]

16. Quote is a terrific email gift to freepers

[bananas]

15. one more vote needed to put this on the greatest page

[yowzayowzayowza]

22. From a Campaign Commercial

called "Vietnam" (next to last one): http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/election/index.php?nav_action=election&nav_subaction=R&campaign_id=169

Amazing contrasts in several of 'em.

[Sydnie]

23. What a great site

I loved the Humphrey commercial (second from the bottom in the dem category). We need ads like that NOW!

[PA Democrat]

25. That is a great site.

Thanks for sharing. I can just hear the Republicans screaming if the Dems dared to air a message like Nixon's with pictures of the carnage in Iraq.

[Greyhound]

24. Could any of us that were alive then ever imagine that "tricky dickey"

would look good in comparison to the vile thugs that rule over us now? He was wrong, he was an asshole of monumental proportions, he was a petty, vindictive crook, but he genuinely believed he was serving the American People and wanted what was best for them.

I've been in a state of shock since 1980.