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PatSeg

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10. Truly things have not changed

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 12:08 PM

May 2012

all that much. If you go back even farther to the thirties, you'll find that FDR was accused of similar things. Its good to revisit previous administrations to get some perspective about what is going on today.

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Vintage anti-JFK GOP Coloring Book from Early 60s [View all] Capt. Obvious May 2012 OP

k & r surrealAmerican May 2012 #1

Wow. Things really haven't changed. ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #2

Clearly, nothing has changed. Dawson Leery May 2012 #3

Har har. It is to laugh. Octafish May 2012 #4

The GOP has been running the same play for the last 50 years SpartanDem May 2012 #5

K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #6

That's awesome. I love that stuff. Brickbat May 2012 #7

Same shit, different decade. hifiguy May 2012 #8

I lived in Oklahoma during the 60s.. LongTomH May 2012 #9

I read the Tulsa World in the '60s Art_from_Ark May 2012 #16

Truly things have not changed PatSeg May 2012 #10

The more things change.....nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #11

Right wing tactics haven't changed in 50 years bupkus May 2012 #12

BINGO Cosmocat May 2012 #14

Content aside, it's still interesting. Don't throw it away! n/t LeftinOH May 2012 #13

You'll also "love" this vintage pro George Wallace comic ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #15

That should have been a coloring book Capt. Obvious May 2012 #18

the one terrible horrible time in america when for once CBGLuthier May 2012 #20

we tend to see everything through the prism of the "Radical 60s", when in fact... pepperbear May 2012 #17

"DETH PANULS" . . . even back then! HughBeaumont May 2012 #19

And interestingly enough, it shows up last night on Hard Ball on MSNBC. Liberal In Texas May 2012 #21

Well, they don't believe in evolution... WCGreen May 2012 #22