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79. Vietnam

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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:37 PM

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It's amazing that over the span of two decades, America went from this... [View all] YoungDemCA Oct 2014 OP

I have a question. How many Congressmen and women were millionaires back then versus now? liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #1

It is all about the OPTICS and Wellstone ruled Oct 2014 #2

indeed, democrats often pave the way for republicans. unblock Oct 2014 #4

The Democratic party has abandoned labor. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #7

YES!!!! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #80

This doesn't address Democrats or Republicans (or maybe it does, I don't know whose idea it was) Rozlee Oct 2014 #89

Yes, I can see that. Even worse... dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #90

Yes MontyPow Oct 2014 #81

Very true. Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #12

I have a theory, but it's not based on anything other than a guess... stevenleser Oct 2014 #3

As a youth of the '70s, we were rebelling against the seriousness of the '60s. ieoeja Oct 2014 #29

Not the early seventies. The latter part of the sixties and the early seventies maddiemom Oct 2014 #75

I think you're on the right track actually... Blanks Oct 2014 #62

womens, blacks gays, the social issues. i think many of us, young, thought we were well on our seabeyond Oct 2014 #5

That fuckin' asshole on the right in the 2nd picture is what happened thelordofhell Oct 2014 #6

Prescott Bush had connections to Nazi money machine. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #48

Does that explain why they like making Nazi references at the drop of a hat? Initech Oct 2014 #105

That is GHB. Just Sayin' Other than that pretty good summation of the guy's character. Tommymac Oct 2014 #78

Wherever the bushes go, criminality follows. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #94

Backlash against progress, backlash against Watergate prosecution, Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #8

Louis Powell memo Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #93

Shoot, in less than a decade it went to this FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #9

They thought "All in the Family" was a documentary bigbrother05 Oct 2014 #10

i half thought they must have known our family, that show hit way, way too close to home! unblock Oct 2014 #14

The funny part Mnpaul Oct 2014 #108

"All in the Family" is one of the most realistic sitcoms ever made. Eric J in MN Oct 2014 #38

Not at all, thought it was brilliant in puncturing stereotypes bigbrother05 Oct 2014 #123

From everything I've read? Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #11

I saw a documentary about that LeftInTX Oct 2014 #47

I read a different take Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #113

No, that was what Reagan & CO. used to court Falwell with. Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #122

Right. I was amazed when I read that. Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #120

Wherever there's opposition to progress, it's usually because of RELIGION blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #50

What's funny is that Jesus would be on the front line with Liberals today. Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #121

Reagan appealed to the worst of our nature. liberalmuse Oct 2014 #13

I think you've given a very articulate and accurate summary. cordelia Oct 2014 #16

very true. Maybe that's how we ended up with a corrupt Democratic party. They bought liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #19

Sadly, yes. The "Opposition Party," isn't. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #51

Sadly, yes. The "Opposition Party," isn't. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #52

Well said, and exactly the impression I had of those times. Eventually it was all right maddiemom Oct 2014 #77

You were too young to vote at that time but you were definitely paying attention. pacalo Oct 2014 #95

Bad candidates and political purists? brooklynite Oct 2014 #15

Always the liberals fault. They either abandon, can't campaign, or don't vote. MontyPow Oct 2014 #85

Yeah, me too. Scuba Oct 2014 #106

Hey! That was my answer! MontyPow Oct 2014 #107

which is? brooklynite Oct 2014 #110

The Democratic Party moved to the right. MontyPow Oct 2014 #112

No challenger could've won in 1972 and no incumbent could've won in 1980 Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #99

I strongly suggest that this question be put to those who voted for Reagan and Bush. Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #17

if she runs for president she will have to answer JI7 Oct 2014 #67

I voted for Reagan ('84) and Bush ('88)... Blanks Oct 2014 #72

I sure can blame people who voted to continue policies of deadly ignorance that cost the lives Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #88

Of course you can blame whoever you want... Blanks Oct 2014 #98

This hedgehog Oct 2014 #18

the immediate cause heaven05 Oct 2014 #39

Baby boomers. joshcryer Oct 2014 #20

You mean the generation that both fought in the Vietnam War and fought to end the war? That marched Hekate Oct 2014 #46

Right, they had their cake. joshcryer Oct 2014 #102

Well, aren't you special with your broad brush and all. Hekate Oct 2014 #109

WTF is wrong with you? Skittles Oct 2014 #53

+1000 nt Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #66

Nope. joshcryer Oct 2014 #101

Oye vey, the generation wars... Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #100

Oops, forgot how taboo it was. joshcryer Oct 2014 #104

pretty damn disheartening tk2kewl Oct 2014 #21

The two most overrated presidents of the 20th century, right there. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #22

Great post. nt raccoon Oct 2014 #31

Excellent analysis. geardaddy Oct 2014 #69

I blame AMC. ileus Oct 2014 #23

the evil forces began getting their shit together - once USSR fell they stomped on the accelerator tk2kewl Oct 2014 #24

Two main things jehop61 Oct 2014 #25

yes. those two things had lasting impacts. bbgrunt Oct 2014 #40

nightline and cnn ushered in a brand new media era unblock Oct 2014 #26

Hmmm...I was there for all of this and I have some theories... Sancho Oct 2014 #27

There were, of course, a lot of very "coincidental" assassinations that just *happened* to benefit.. villager Oct 2014 #28

9/11 was another one of those "coincidences," yes? blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #55

Funny how all these things just *happen* to "work out" -- for *them*.... villager Oct 2014 #82

"The Southern Strategy" happened n/t DefenseLawyer Oct 2014 #30

demographic changes are slowly weakening that strategy JI7 Oct 2014 #41

Absolutely DefenseLawyer Oct 2014 #65

H.L. Mencken nailed it: Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #32

Don't let the town criers tell you any differently, 'the fix' was in the moment Poppy Rex Oct 2014 #33

Prescott Bush had connections to the Nazi money machine. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #56

I'd like to be a fly on a history class wall in 2114 Rex Oct 2014 #58

1980 was my first election, and it felt like the end of the world. byronius Oct 2014 #34

A lot of people had to die for this to happen. nt WhiteTara Oct 2014 #35

My first vote was for JFK. It is very hard to point to one thing and say that it was the cause of it jwirr Oct 2014 #36

Clinton was NOT a swing back to the left in any meaningful, long-term way. He was a placeholder blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #59

+1. That was a feint, not a swing. n/t winter is coming Oct 2014 #63

I certainly wouldn't call NAFTA or repealing Glass-Steagall Act going back to the left. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #64

Thank you, CIA NightWatcher Oct 2014 #37

The exact answer to you question was provided by this fictitious character DFW Oct 2014 #42

I remember JFK: that he was admired for his intelligence, not his lack of it. Hekate Oct 2014 #68

Obama called the Republicans "proud of their ignorance" DFW Oct 2014 #71

Yeah. Look at the currency "selfish Boomers" has even here at DU among some. Hekate Oct 2014 #97

Yes, they will. Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #114

Because the republican southern strategy worked maindawg Oct 2014 #43

Well amazing to you maybe, but relentless to me, sort of like global warming. HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #44

Because in-between was the Powell Manifesto: the 1%'s refusal to EVER be told what to do by the loudsue Oct 2014 #45

bookmark for self n/t Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #115

Older Baby Boomers are liberal. Younger baby boomers are conservative. jeff47 Oct 2014 #49

There was a coup. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #54

A plan in place to usurp the U.S. Constitution. By the RWing elite. Rex Oct 2014 #60

This^ nt Hatchling Oct 2014 #91

Sad ... But true world wide wally Oct 2014 #57

In a Nutshell jalan48 Oct 2014 #61

It's the economy, stupid. Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #70

LBJ, Nam, Fall of Saigon, 79 Hostage Rescue attempt One_Life_To_Give Oct 2014 #73

I remember the day JFK was shot... freebrew Oct 2014 #74

People assiduously avoid looking at the *pattern*.... villager Oct 2014 #84

George Herbert Walker Bush told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Oct 2014 #119

Americans wanted a President Reagan yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #76

Funny fact. Rex Oct 2014 #83

Not really. They did this whole "Iranian Hostage Crisis" thing to smear Carter: grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #111

The Chicago convention helped, too... freebrew Oct 2014 #118

Vietnam MontyPow Oct 2014 #79

When they realized the Moon wasn't made of cheese lunatica Oct 2014 #86

All the Bigots and Hate Mongers left Cryptoad Oct 2014 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Oct 2014 #92

Well, guy #1 died and so did any hope for our future. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #96

Greed. 99Forever Oct 2014 #103

A lot of stuff happened Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #116

My Benchmark RobinA Oct 2014 #117