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HughBeaumont

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35. I posted this a while ago regarding this very subject (at least as far as the Kennedys go) . . . .
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:55 PM
Dec 2012

The Criminal Illuminati Agency wasn't letting ANY highly popular left-leaning Democratic family become a political dynasty.

Giving JFK (who stood up to Steel bosses and the nuclear-war-happy MIC) two terms would have been counterproductive to the Republican/MIC/Corptocracy's long term plans.

An RFK win would have seriously swayed America to, you know, NOT be the "USA USA USA"-chanting, jingo-drugged, fearful, completely-corporate-dependent, easily swayed, accepting of lower and lower standards, obedient nation that it is today.

Conspiratorial? Think about it.

When did American wages start getting suppressed? 1973.
When did energy start becoming an overwhelming concern? the early 70s.
What happened in the 60s that you would never see happen today? People protested against the Republican/MIC folly wars and it got televised. Protests are no more than a belch, a blip on today's entertainment-based "news".
When did the Republican party team up with corporations to institute this permanent plague of power and wealth transfer from the poor to the rich (reciprocated with risk, cost of living and tax burden transfer to the poor)? The 1970s
When did this grand plan get permanently nailed? REAGAN.

Since 1968, there have only been THREE Democratic presidents. And no offense to Carter, but it's not like any of them can really be considered truly "Democratic" in a liberal sense, especially not the last two. Being fully on board with Republican "Trickle Down" & Deregulation bullshitnomics isn't Democratic, it's caving to the needs of the ruling class. These were always "approved" Democrats . . . never even the slightest bit liberal, always moderate to Eisenhower Republican at best.

It's no accident that we're likely never going to have a progressive President.

The only dynasty in this country is, and will always be, BUSH. Whether we like it or not.

We're not meant to ask "what could have been". We're only plagued with accepting "how it's going to be from now on". The Kennedys were never meant to thrive. They had ideas, brains, plans and vision that would have swayed America to become an organized working ideal that government and corporations feared.

Instead, the U.S. since the late 60s set the trend in arch-conservative corporate-based "governance" with a glacial but ubiquitous power-grab and continues stridently to make life as miserable and as "stay-put" to it's obedient, timid and completely dependent wage slaves as possible.

I surmise that you are between the ages of 50 and 60 years. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1
42. Male. Californian. Taverner Dec 2012 #4
that was what i was telling folks in 08 oldhippydude Dec 2012 #27
I'm a little confused here Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #9
actually the voting age at that time was 21 oldhippydude Dec 2012 #29
But if you go back and read the post I was replying to, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #47
Wow. The deaths of those men dramatically changed the course of history. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #2
Especially now that we know now that JFK was opposed to Vietnam... Taverner Dec 2012 #3
That alone could have changed the course of human history. Intense. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #5
The Vietnam war would have never happened .. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #32
Your post made me cry for your uncle, your mother and for you. I do want to point out, though, coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #37
hmm.never thought about that. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #39
It's pretty clear JFK was going to pull out. He signed NSAM 263, ordering complete withdrawal. Octafish Dec 2012 #44
Yep. JFK repeatedly told Kenny O'Donnell, hifiguy Dec 2012 #46
NSAM 263, as I understand it, was conditioned upon success by the puppets coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #48
Your post made me tear up.... Taverner Dec 2012 #43
I have wondered this too ... DakotaLady Dec 2012 #16
There was a reason all three of them were deliberately killed. villager Dec 2012 #6
.... Taverner Dec 2012 #8
This. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #31
If JFK, RFK, and MLK had lived and had been able to follow through with their visions Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #7
Or it would have created a backlash that gave us Reagan in 68 Taverner Dec 2012 #11
I don't know about that Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #24
RFK wanted Single Payer, Universal Health Care Taverner Dec 2012 #45
My dad did a TOD in Vietnam under JFK LeftInTX Dec 2012 #10
weird timing The Straight Story Dec 2012 #12
I never knew. Overseas Dec 2012 #14
Nifty. Thanks. n/t Laelth Dec 2012 #28
I love that song SummerSnow Dec 2012 #33
K&R. Overseas Dec 2012 #13
I don't think we would have had Reagan or W LeftInTX Dec 2012 #15
I agree completely they would have changed history add one more name Jerry Litton from Missouri. gordianot Dec 2012 #17
Thanks for the suggestion - I will look him up Taverner Dec 2012 #21
I remember Jerry Litton Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #23
Good question davidpdx Dec 2012 #18
Reagan was shot LeftInTX Dec 2012 #19
No. Knowing what we know now, no. Taverner Dec 2012 #20
Well the other three were killed in the 60s weren't they? davidpdx Dec 2012 #22
MLK (advocate of non-violent change and economic justice) and RFK (advocate of peace and Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #26
no datasuspect Dec 2012 #25
People might have ended up seeing them as sell outs Johonny Dec 2012 #30
You make a good point, but I'm going to play devil's advocate. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #34
If you listen to Townshend Johonny Dec 2012 #41
Excellent points. I do think, though, had MLK coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #38
I posted this a while ago regarding this very subject (at least as far as the Kennedys go) . . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #35
This wasn't done by some cabal...this was done by corporate America in plain view Taverner Dec 2012 #42
If Hitler had been admitted to art school, there might never have coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #36
Great question. I think we can get a pretty clear idea allrevvedup Dec 2012 #40
John F. Kennedy @ American University MinM Dec 2012 #49
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