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kimbutgar

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87. I still have a hard time dealing with what they did to Carter

Thu May 30, 2013, 03:59 PM

May 2013

He was advocating for solar energy at the end of the 1970's, Marijuana laws were just starting to loosen. Just think where we would be if alternative energy was allowed to grow with the government backing it. Reagan came in and just shut it down for his oil companies buddies and increased penalties for all drugs. So much money wasted on drug enforcement. We lost innovations in the 1980's got it back in the 1990's and lost it again when the reich wing supreme court appointed bush our President our democracy was lost after that. And seeing what they are doing to President Obama is downright criminal and they stand a good chance and taking back both houses in 2014 because of the gerrymandering and red state hate for the President. When ignorant people started to believe stupid evil people we all end up getting screwed. And don't get me started on the rewriting of history by the reich wing.

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When I imagine it, I feel sick. [View all] Pryderi May 2013 OP

... FirstLight May 2013 #1

Or even if they'd just let this President lead. EC May 2013 #2

+1 freshwest May 2013 #13

yep. you're so right. BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #77

Yeah our first Liberal POTUS. Rex May 2013 #3

Yup FDR and Truman where Conservatives! whistler162 May 2013 #46

The S/election of 2000 marions ghost May 2013 #4

for the world redqueen May 2013 #5

thank you marions ghost May 2013 #6

It wasn't an election, it was a coup. RoccoR5955 May 2013 #15

I said marions ghost May 2013 #22

I stand corrected. RoccoR5955 May 2013 #24

And we live with the results of that theft marions ghost May 2013 #51

who said that there is RoccoR5955 May 2013 #63

not directed at you marions ghost May 2013 #71

Don't I know it!! hamsterjill May 2013 #7

I was shocked felix_numinous May 2013 #8

In a lot of countries . . . Brigid May 2013 #19

A sad, tragic time in our history deutsey May 2013 #49

This Website (DU) was started because of that selection mrdmk May 2013 #60

I "hit the streets". bvar22 May 2013 #86

Imagine how it felt to want this.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #9

Indeed. A heartbreaker if there ever was one. We knew the shit that was on the LuckyLib May 2013 #12

It was heart breaking for the younger generation... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #14

I know the feeling EXACTLY! RoccoR5955 May 2013 #16

The fear was the Kennedy's were going to be a dynasty... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #20

some of us indeed do villager May 2013 #28

RFK would have been an awesome President, I think. n/t Laelth May 2013 #17

Conservatives STILL point to the cops cracking skulls in police riots as a failure of Liberalism. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #23

For one thing, the moon landings wouldn't have ended.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #29

And yet, Stephen King's book 11/22/63 PinkTiger May 2013 #65

Organized crime could work with Nixon, he was a crook Rex May 2013 #18

What a major fup-uck 1968 RVN VET May 2013 #25

I say let's see the big long list of right wingers who have been assassinated by the "radical left". Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #32

yup. nt navarth May 2013 #84

And to think, "that" was the most honorable republican president in our adult lifetimes........ wandy May 2013 #43

Now THAT one really hurts! calimary May 2013 #44

What REALLY hurt was to see him win in a landslide,... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #45

I could think of a few buildings Mr.Bill May 2013 #10

Hart Rudman report would've been paid attention to... Cooley Hurd May 2013 #27

There would have been a different strategy on counterterrorism, certainly. CBHagman May 2013 #38

He would have listened to the outgoing Clinton adminstrations suggestions. Ready4Change May 2013 #88

Even this sad kitteh agrees w/you... PotatoChip May 2013 #11

LOL! SunSeeker May 2013 #37

Maybe, just maybe RVN VET May 2013 #21

Maybe, just maybe... ReRe May 2013 #30

Go ahead and dream. I'm dreaming right along with you.. mountain grammy May 2013 #75

I had a TBI a couple years later, so the doc asked that series of questions... freshwest May 2013 #26

Awesome post! WinkyDink May 2013 #33

Tee hee hee ReRe May 2013 #35

Yeah. You were definitely in your right mind. roamer65 May 2013 #47

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #31

President Lieberman? tridim May 2013 #34

Nooooooooooo! ReRe May 2013 #36

Just what I was thinking Mr Samuel Hain May 2013 #69

Ok, well, cilla4progress May 2013 #39

MMMMmmmmm... nice opals! calimary May 2013 #42

I bet Barack Obama would not be president today. Nye Bevan May 2013 #40

Although Obama spoke out against going to war with Iraq, Mr.Bill May 2013 #53

Correct, Obama even admitted that he probably would have voted for it Spike89 May 2013 #81

Yeah. Me too. calimary May 2013 #41

I always refer to him The Wizard May 2013 #48

This Is Not America deutsey May 2013 #50

The media never let us see the real Al Gore LongTomH May 2013 #52

I make no assumptions, other than... nikto May 2013 #54

Just a little reminder about Al Gore... nikto May 2013 #55

Do you understand exactly how the "lockbox" would have worked? Nye Bevan May 2013 #56

Al Gore came out two years before the end of the Clinton Presidency and made an announcement Samantha May 2013 #58

But my question is, what would those "locked off" funds been invested in? Nye Bevan May 2013 #59

I never heard these details discussed Samantha May 2013 #73

Treated no differently from an investment standpoint LondonReign2 May 2013 #82

That requires the assumption H2O Man May 2013 #57

For all we know... Bonobo May 2013 #61

+1. nt OnyxCollie May 2013 #64

President Gore Recaps his Presidency on SNL Martin Eden May 2013 #62

Please,... B Stieg May 2013 #66

Turncoat LIEberman would have been VP, tho. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #67

Wouldn't have affected things that much IMO LeftishBrit May 2013 #68

Yes. And to think that he would have been (at least the first term) if Bush's brother had not been LeftishBrit May 2013 #70

the point of no return... stlsaxman May 2013 #72

This is what a coup looks like in Amerika! mountain grammy May 2013 #76

was never going to happen datasuspect May 2013 #74

Yeah, but imagine how bad it would be if he were inaugurated and then died in office tularetom May 2013 #78

What could have been. nt Javaman May 2013 #79

My life would sure be completely different. GoCubsGo May 2013 #80

I will never get over this theft. lark May 2013 #83

Neither will I, my friend; neither will I!!!!!! LongTomH May 2013 #85

I still have a hard time dealing with what they did to Carter kimbutgar May 2013 #87