Never Forget

8 Comments

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   PsiFighter37 on November 17, 2006 at 12:57 am

   That was the death of liberalism.

   How different things would have been if RFK were president instead of Richard Nixon.

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     BooMan on November 17, 2006 at 1:51 am

     or John Kerry instead of a second term for George W. Bush.

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       Omir the Storyteller on November 17, 2006 at 1:54 am

       Or Al Gore instead of a first term for George W . . . oh the heck with it.

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       PsiFighter37 on November 17, 2006 at 2:14 am

       Of course. But from my history studies, I’ve always felt that the events of 1968 marked a drastic turn away from the liberalism that had dominated the country up to that point.

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         BooMan on November 17, 2006 at 2:26 am

         The Wheel of Life.

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       chinook on November 17, 2006 at 5:23 am

       Had John Kerry won in 2004, George W. Bush would have gone into the history books in a much better standing than he will now.  The narrative would have been that “he was a mostly popular president that led the nation following the 9/11 attacks, began the “War on Terror” including the invasion of Iraq, but followed in his father’s footsteps by failing to win a second term.”  His administration’s singular responsibility for the catastrophic Iraq war would instead have been shared with the subsequent Kerry administration.  

       As it is, Bush winning a second term may end up being the worst thing to ever happen to him.  It is now possible that the crimes of his administration will be exposed for all to see, maybe even punished.  And the ‘unitary executive’ will be whipped back into being checked and balanced, rather than lying dormant waiting for the next power-grabbing Republican president to come along.

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     blksista on November 17, 2006 at 9:48 am

     It was the death of the willingness to change and to act on it.

     He was the only–and to this day, the last man that disaffected whites and blacks and other people of color could respect and dialogue with.

     Now we have consultants, sound bites, PR, posturing, instead of leadership.

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   chinook on November 17, 2006 at 5:27 am

   Thanks for posting these Booman.  It is painful to watch, and think of what might have been.  

   But, to paraphrase some jerk, we go forward with the history we have, not the history we might wish to have, eh?