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LessAspin

(1,153 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:25 PM Jun 2020

13 Days ...

In light of Trump trying to turn America into an armed camp.

Link to tweet

It might be useful to look back to when it was the President preserving Democracy...

General Curtis LeMay: You're in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President.

President Kennedy: What did you say?

General Curtis LeMay: You're in a pretty bad fix.

President Kennedy: Well, maybe you haven't noticed: You're in it with me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/quotes

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13 Days ... (Original Post) LessAspin Jun 2020 OP

Can you imagine if Nixon had been in office at that time? sandensea Jun 2020 #1

John Kennedy saved us Taraman Jun 2020 #2

sandensea

(21,627 posts)

1. Can you imagine if Nixon had been in office at that time?

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2020, 09:12 PM

Jun 2020

We would've had either a) a nuclear apocalypse; or b) an alien invasion to prevent it.

As for LeMay, he was very much a Trump-before-Trump.

Except he at least served in the military.

Taraman

(373 posts)

2. John Kennedy saved us

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2020, 09:42 PM

Jun 2020

and was dead a year later. Too too young.

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