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packman

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12. I remember a time

Reply to Garion_55 (Original post)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 03:29 PM

Mar 2018

when foreign nations actually looked up to and respected the U.S.
When, even though a die-hard Democrat, you could vote for a GOP president and not feel guilty

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Im so old..... [View all] Garion_55 Mar 2018 OP

I am so old, saidsimplesimon Mar 2018 #1

remember the saying that you dont know what you have till its gone? Garion_55 Mar 2018 #2

appropriate song lyric! triron Mar 2018 #21

Well said samplegirl Mar 2018 #3

Im so old that people would be outraged if the president tried to profit off his presidency while kimbutgar Mar 2018 #4

I am so old I can remember Eisenhower being criticised for saying "Coke"- rzemanfl Mar 2018 #22

I'd never heard that before. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #43

I definitely remember him saying it and people being upset by the remark. rzemanfl Mar 2018 #44

And now the current occupant of the WH is using the presidential seal as a golf accessory. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #45

What I don't understand is this. I am a year younger than Drumpf. rzemanfl Mar 2018 #46

what you said shows KT2000 Mar 2018 #5

So you're saying you are more than two years old? Nitram Mar 2018 #6

yup. my thought exactly lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #28

I remember when Presidents didn't get Mulligans for cheating on their wife with a newborn baby world wide wally Mar 2018 #7

Uh----WUT? nt Atticus Mar 2018 #8

he had an affair with a BABY!!?!? I knew he like'd 'em young, but jeez... n/t anarch Mar 2018 #9

I understood what True Blue American Mar 2018 #10

I guess you may not remember the Kennedy adminstration. former9thward Mar 2018 #30

THANK YOU. Some people tend to regard Kennedy as a saint, would've gotten raccoon Mar 2018 #36

I am so old I still am nostalgic for JFK. He was inspiring, inclusive, and a great speaker. Nitram Mar 2018 #37

Yeah, he was all those things. nt raccoon Mar 2018 #41

No they didn't DownriverDem Mar 2018 #42

I'm so old, cloudbase Mar 2018 #11

I remember a time packman Mar 2018 #12

Hello Packman syringis Mar 2018 #20

I remember when the Office of the President was what we esteemed randr Mar 2018 #13

And the GOP STILL says the Democrats are communist sympathisers TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #14

Rethuglicans Hated the Russians when They were Communists OMGWTF Mar 2018 #15

Thanks for that explanation dhol82 Mar 2018 #24

Evilgelicals married to Repugs relogic Mar 2018 #39

Im so old I remember when there were no alternate facts. nolabear Mar 2018 #16

In my neighborhood, when I was growing up, we called them lies world wide wally Mar 2018 #17

There have always been alternative facts. Check out the presidential election where Nitram Mar 2018 #38

Being from Arkansas, I am so old that I remember the Republicans being liberal LiberalArkie Mar 2018 #18

I'm so old, 63 SCVDem Mar 2018 #19

You're not alone. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #34

Im so old, I remember when.. LakeArenal Mar 2018 #23

I'm old enough to remember paleotn Mar 2018 #25

Some alleged liberals, but they arent really are they, still whine about Obama. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #26

AMEN to him.......he should be cherished.... onecent Mar 2018 #27

Great post malaise Mar 2018 #29

I'm 73 and I remember when a divorced man wouldn't even think of running for President. kskiska Mar 2018 #31

I'm so old d_r Mar 2018 #32

Haha MFM008 Mar 2018 #33

Ahm so old.... sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #35

New technology means new ways for capitalists to cheat at politics. McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #40