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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 01:57 PM Original message |
John F. Kennedy was elected president 50(!) years ago today |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Also Nixon 42 years ago today. Hat tip to our last liberal president! |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Aaarroooo. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. he looks like edward g robinson there |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. He was my first vote for Pres. |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Same here |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. He made a pit stop, while campaigning, in our neighborhood. That was |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-10 02:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I hated listening to Reagan |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Mine also. Sat up until 7:00 in the morning watching returns. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I was working swing shift and had to wait till after my shift, and then they still didn't know |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I was only 7 |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That was really a momentous occasion for Catholics. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. And if you were an Irish Catholic it was a really big deal |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. PS, check out these unreleased photos from JFK's 1960 campaign |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Great link! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Between this and John Lennon's 70th birthday, I feel like a dinosaur. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I know what ya mean. JFK seems but a moment ago. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Happy Birthday, dixiegrrrrl! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I knew the country was "gone" when Bobby was killed. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I know exactly what you mean about Bobby. It has never been the same. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. ty. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I got a similar feeling |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Whoa! Happy Birthday! |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. i couldn't vote. i was 19. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have one memory of that election |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. To think that I was seven & remember so well. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. When I was 17, it was a very good year. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-10 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. Bob Dylan's Dream |
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