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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:33 AM Original message |
I'm beginning to think that Al Gore is now bigger than RFK was to my generation in 1968. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. You got your history a little mixed up... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're right. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. I was NOT ecstatic when that SOB declared. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I don't get it. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Refocused, my ass. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Why does my gender matter? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I was there. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Very good points about McCarthy. RFK wasn never like that. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Wow Just Wow |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. "You're nice and whitewashed and nobody remembers the man with the guts who did the real work" |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Aquart...Just Where WERE You on June 6th, 1968, Around 12:15??? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Of course Gene had no chance to win |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. McCarthy had zero chance of getting the nomination |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. But did Kennedy have a real chance |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Not a shoe-in, but he stood a very good chance |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Who Knows? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. You're joking? Hello? California? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The Nominating Process Was A Lot Less Transparent Back Then... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Wallace was an Independent in 1968. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. "Entitlements" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Well, I can understand McCarthy supporters being resentful... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Spoiled, entitled brat? God, I wish we had more spoiled, entitled brats like him instead of shrubby |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Why Don't You Go To Arlington , Disinter Him, And Slap Him |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Not to worship Bobby Kennedy? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I am without words. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Politics ain't tiddlywinks. Bobby touched the masses; McCarthy, though |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Well, I was one of the thousands of college students |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Eugene McCarthy Catered To Elites.. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Well, in 1968 I was one of those college students who wanted Bobby to win. And I was an English |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. why didn't Mc Carthy get the nomination after Bobby was killed then? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Because He Was A One Issue Candidate With Narrow Support |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. I am shocked at the ugliness of your statements. nt |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. OK, time to refocus on Al Gore, which this thread is really about - not RFK. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I can't comment on RFK Sr since I was a kid during that time |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Let's put it this way: |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Seabiscut ... Before my time too... But I do know this |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Thank you for your insights and I share your hope! |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yesterday when Melissa introduced Al Gore |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, the MSM got it all wrong. Mr. Charisma was never quite Mr. Wooden. n/t |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Please... |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Al Gore is this generation's Al Gore |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Lennon didn't say that |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Except There Was Almost Zero Excitement For McCarthy |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Right. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I Remember When Bobby Won Indiana Thanks To A Huge African American Vote |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. There are times |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Here |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Thanks, as always, H20 Man. though I remain somewhat ambivalent about RFK, due to his |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. One of the things few seem to remember |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Good points. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. Small Correction |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. Let's Hope Things Work Out a Little Better for Al than They Did for Bobby. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. a Gore/RFK Jr. ticket would win in a landslide . . . n/t |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. Oh, so he wasn't worthy before? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. You know, if I drank beer, I'd have one with Al Gore |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm inclined to think even more so... |
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