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spiderpig

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5. My mom was a Republican & my dad a Roosevelt Democrat

Reply to monmouth3 (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 10:59 AM

Nov 2013

We sat in front of our black-and-white Sylvania tv in total shock. Sunday morning I turned the set on and BLAM - Oswald was shot in front of our eyes.

Regardless of political persuasion, it was a life-changing event.

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JFK Programming Runs the Gamut, But Is It Too Much? (Analysis) [View all] monmouth3 Nov 2013 OP

Not if you were alive when it happened. spiderpig Nov 2013 #1

Oh, no flame from me. We all look at this differently. I was 23 or so with two small children. monmouth3 Nov 2013 #2

My mom was a Republican & my dad a Roosevelt Democrat spiderpig Nov 2013 #5

Hours of real-time 11/22/63 NBC news coverage are available on YouTube. Paladin Nov 2013 #3

Yes it was, I remember it all too well...n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #4

CBS has it, too, and they did it better in my view. duffyduff Nov 2013 #7

RELEASE ALL THE EVIDENCE! citizenbfk Nov 2013 #6

It's all out there. The truth was known the minute Oswald was arrested. duffyduff Nov 2013 #8