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marble falls

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7. They all are, until Reagan ...

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #5)

Tue May 7, 2024, 02:51 PM

May 2024

... Nixon is another: EPA, Voting Rights, ERA (passed by Congress, not ratified by the states), he worked with Teddy Kennedy for a national health plan - Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined to shut it down, first bank holiday since Roosevelt. First raise in minimum wage since Roosevelt, took on OPEC with the help of Sadam Hussein (who was given a Congressional medal for his assistance) ...

We all know the bad side - racist, antisemitic, devious, wanted to continue the war,

Would I vote for them knowing what I know - nope. But one thing I share with Hilary Clinton: we both were campaign workers for Goldwater.

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Nixon and Dulles wanted to Nuke North Vietnam. [View all] Kid Berwyn May 2024 OP

That would have changed the world. /nt bucolic_frolic May 2024 #1

Really would. From a month before the fall of Dien Bien Phu... Kid Berwyn May 2024 #4

So did Goldwater. marble falls May 2024 #2

A complicated human, Goldwater. Kid Berwyn May 2024 #5

They all are, until Reagan ... marble falls May 2024 #7

Another ugly facet of imperialism EYESORE 9001 May 2024 #3

"A more Jesuit approach." Kid Berwyn May 2024 #6