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2. And with Nixon we got Roger Ailes who went onto start Fox News* w/Rupert Murdoch and 4 1/4 years ...

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… more of the Vietnam War which got @ least 8 million more people killed because Nixon had
Henry Kissinger and Anna Chennault to stop the peace deal that LBJ had gotten done with
promises of both sides getting a better deal with a Nixon Presidency. In January of 1973 the
exact same deal was signed off on. Bobby would have gotten us out of Vietnam. And my
boyhood friend’s older brother wouldn’t have had his legs blown off.

* Which is toxic to America’s culture, democracy, and decency. Ailes built his brand around
lies packaged as news.

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RFK was murdered 58 years ago today. And then we got Nixon. I don't think America will ever really recover. [View all] Botany 20 hrs ago OP

Also, Nixon's campaign was the beginning of the Southern Strategy, which is the core of the right. themaguffin 19 hrs ago #1

And with Nixon we got Roger Ailes who went onto start Fox News* w/Rupert Murdoch and 4 1/4 years ... Botany 19 hrs ago #2

No, the country never has recovered from those "coincidental" 68er 19 hrs ago #3

It was a truely Devastating event for our country, and the world.... electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #4

Bobby MoonlightHillFarm 18 hrs ago #5

Woah. That's even more personally devastating! How terrible for you! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #6

And TY for the funeral train short. electric_blue68 8 hrs ago #7

11/22/1963. That Marks The Beginning Of Fascism Here. ColoringFool 8 hrs ago #8