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Srkdqltr

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30. I was working

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 09:26 PM

Oct 2018

at J.L. Hudson Co in the Detroit area. When it was announced that JFK was dead the store cleared out. There were no customers all afternoon. They closed the store at 5.

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Nancy Reagan throws party weekend of JFK assasination and forbids any conversation regarding same... [View all] jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 OP

Republicans hated JFK. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #1

Growing up, we never had a bottle of Hunt's Ketchup or anything else they sold in our house. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #4

What does that have to do with Kennedy assassination? wishstar Oct 2018 #13

Apparently my bad, wishstar. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #18

Good for you, Hunts ketchup sucks. MicaelS Oct 2018 #20

+1. Totally agree. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #22

I don't understand comment jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #32

Simple... MicaelS Oct 2018 #33

My family lived in Santa Maria CA. In 1963 MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #2

I heard it on the radio, when I was 19, driving in Phoenix, AZ and had to Cha Oct 2018 #19

I was in Ca too (still am) going to a private elementary school in LA County Raine Oct 2018 #21

That still hurts me - the celebration of the kids MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #23

It still bothers me, my parents were Nixon voters too Raine Oct 2018 #24

You're right. We knew it was evil MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #31

The NFL played their full slate of games that weekend. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #3

Very little can stop the NFL Retrograde Oct 2018 #8

Pete Rozelle said that was the biggest mistake he ever made underpants Oct 2018 #9

Gilligan's Island underpants Oct 2018 #12

She was a moral monster in many ways, this is just one small tidbit of ugliness and selfishness. RockRaven Oct 2018 #5

also known as 'Nasty Nancy' empedocles Oct 2018 #6

Sounds like my mom. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #17

At Thanksgiving, Ohiogal Oct 2018 #7

Yes, and with the new Cheney film coming out mountain grammy Oct 2018 #10

I grew up in a Republican family. mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #11

I remember reading an account of Ronnie & Nancy riding in a motorcade kskiska Oct 2018 #14

They were disgusting people, they were also actors who played as nice people. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #15

Doesn't surprise me. Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #16

Wasn't Nancy known for her 'oral' skills? keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #25

So said, also was 'available' empedocles Oct 2018 #26

Good enough to convince Ronnie to get her off the black list Major Nikon Oct 2018 #34

Guess who else showed up for that party? no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #27

Nancy always came off as a goody two shoes kimbutgar Oct 2018 #28

Ronnie didn't have a little to do with the pregnancy? TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #35

I was in the 7th grade when the assassination happened... Rollo Oct 2018 #29

I was working Srkdqltr Oct 2018 #30