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2banon

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34. Thanks for sharing. your personal experience / knowledge is a welcomed contribution to this reader!

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #27)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 12:35 PM

Mar 2015

I was 10 years old when Kennedy was elected/inaugurated. 13 when he was assassinated.

I actually watched his debate with Nixon on tv with fascination and interest even though the content of their statements were way over my head and range of comprehension. It's not as if i was interested in national or world politics - (more interested in my new Barbie Doll) but there was something about Kennedy that grabbed my attention even at the age.

My world was obviously quite different from yours. I'll look forward to reading your posts on the subject..

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The story behind the JFK facepalm picture [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP

He was a force for a brief and intense period of time...lots of kids were named after him. MADem Mar 2015 #1

thanks for the quote Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #2

This is very revealing. We think we live in a democracy, then we find out, no we do not. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #3

The CIA, the Murder of Lumumba, and the Rise of Mobutu Octafish Mar 2015 #10

They set the standard for ineptitude that continues today. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #11

Every time they mess up, they win. Octafish Mar 2015 #17

This is deeply disturbing. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #18

Have we learned anything???? n/t jomin41 Mar 2015 #4

No! According to the neoliberal DU Right Wing, President Maduro of Venezuela must go, Zorra Mar 2015 #15

Thanks. postulater Mar 2015 #5

Your'e welcome Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #6

Yes, but the CIA opposed Kennedy's objectives, time and time again. 2banon Mar 2015 #8

As did the generals and their dealers in the MIC. hedda_foil Mar 2015 #30

Indeed.. 2banon Mar 2015 #31

LBJ reversed JFK in Africa Octafish Mar 2015 #7

layer after layer of otherwise unknown (to most Americans)actions/effects of U.S. policies 2banon Mar 2015 #16

Dodd and Dulles vs. Kennedy in Africa Octafish Mar 2015 #26

Jim DiEugenio has done an amazing amount of serious research and writing on JFK. (as has others) 2banon Mar 2015 #32

''A Foreign Policy Revolution'' Octafish Mar 2015 #9

Welcome great DUer! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #12

Midnight in the Congo: The Assassination of Lumumba and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld MinM Mar 2015 #13

The Mysterious Death of a UN Hero Octafish Mar 2015 #24

I cannot recommend this OP enough. The assassination of Lumumba by the CIA Zorra Mar 2015 #14

This is a significant slice of historical events. 2banon Mar 2015 #33

The assassination took place after Kennedy was elected undeterred Mar 2015 #19

Not always, but way too often. merrily Mar 2015 #29

Kick and rec. hifiguy Mar 2015 #20

K&R! countryjake Mar 2015 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #22

My father had a high position in the African Affairs section of JFK's State Dept... First Speaker Mar 2015 #23

G. Mennen Williams former Michigan Governor, New Deal Democrat, helped build the Mackinac Bridge... Octafish Mar 2015 #25

Williams was a good man... First Speaker Mar 2015 #27

Thanks for sharing. your personal experience / knowledge is a welcomed contribution to this reader! 2banon Mar 2015 #34

Zero wrong with being a leftist; a lot wrong with assassinations. merrily Mar 2015 #28

LIHOP Octafish Mar 2015 #35