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mountain grammy

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46. oops, glad he didn't ask that one at trivia..

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Sun Nov 8, 2015, 08:54 PM

Nov 2015

I'm thinking of John Dean..

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How many American adults can correctly identify 'Daniel Ellsberg'? [View all] Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 OP

Probably a pretty low percentage. cwydro Nov 2015 #1

Spiro Agnew HassleCat Nov 2015 #4

Lol, I can't believe someone with that name was elected in that time period of our history. cwydro Nov 2015 #7

I love Spiro for a different reason virtualobserver Nov 2015 #13

Omg, how funny! Ya know, I had forgotten that! cwydro Nov 2015 #17

I remember when Nixon picked Agnew as a running mate csziggy Nov 2015 #50

But Ellsberg is first of all a heroic figure, at least to people on the "left." Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #47

Wasn't he a judge on American Idol? onehandle Nov 2015 #2

I couldn't ID Ellsberg HassleCat Nov 2015 #3

Parts of the story are NOT convoluted: Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #51

For the longest time, I only thought of Ellsberg Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #92

Forbidden Knowledge. Octafish Nov 2015 #5

Agree in full ( more or less) but what's this: Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #52

John M. Newman found a gap in Pentagon Papers... Octafish Nov 2015 #64

I can, but I'm old, too. nt valerief Nov 2015 #6

I also can, but I'm also old. nt Nay Nov 2015 #35

too low tishaLA Nov 2015 #8

This issue scares me more: Hepburn Nov 2015 #9

So very true. cwydro Nov 2015 #14

I can top that--how many members of CONGRESS can accurately cite the constitutional hlthe2b Nov 2015 #23

Heck, we see it on DU. Chiding the president for not doing something via Executive Order.. X_Digger Nov 2015 #25

Absolutely know who he is. Hepburn Nov 2015 #10

RWers have been airbrushing textbooks in Texas for decades. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #11

Conservatives in America are a lot more organized than liberals Fumesucker Nov 2015 #19

True dat. I wish that Will Rogers quote was not do damn true. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #21

The answer is that "so easily co-opted by neo-cons, RWers, and PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #20

I can but most of the populace (by now) would not have the faintest idea who she was. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #12

I remember who he is TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #15

You are correct. I misspoke. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #53

The other night at trivia we were asked what the T stood for in Spiro T Agnew mountain grammy Nov 2015 #16

Ellsberg did not go to prison. All charges were dismissed. PADemD Nov 2015 #38

oops, glad he didn't ask that one at trivia.. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #46

Good catch. n/t Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #54

I am 45 and I have no idea who he is Marrah_G Nov 2015 #18

Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers and PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #22

thanks Marrah_G Nov 2015 #29

Now see, I would have Googled before admitting that. But that's me. WinkyDink Nov 2015 #40

I'm glad... in fact I appreciate the fact that Marrah did NOT google it. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #56

I can, but I'm of an age to have felt his influence w/Pentagon Papers. ebayfool Nov 2015 #24

How about the Chicago 7? LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #61

How about the Chicago 7? LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #62

Looks like we all need to brush up on history yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #26

Ahem. Not "all." WinkyDink Nov 2015 #41

Ok. You are right. Very true not all. yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #49

OK. Point. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #57

I can. Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #27

My Dad was a politics/news fanatic, wendylaroux Nov 2015 #28

Ellsberg was on my radar when my drug addled buddy burgled his Mill Valley home in 1972... Brother Buzz Nov 2015 #30

I couldn't pick him out of a lineup if that's what you mean tularetom Nov 2015 #31

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I'm a "political history nerd" also. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #71

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Yeah, I agree with your take cemaphonic Nov 2015 #93

I only know a little about him because I hang out here Hydra Nov 2015 #33

The left in general should make more of an issue of.... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #65

A lot of it has to do with the fact that most kids do not get much education in recent/current madinmaryland Nov 2015 #34

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I personally think that all kids should be required to take a recent history course that madinmaryland Nov 2015 #42

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Iraq IS Viet Nam. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #82

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A name I know very well indeed. hifiguy Nov 2015 #36

Everyone on Medicare. ;-) (AKA, Baby Boomers) WinkyDink Nov 2015 #39

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I have it and vaguely recall how it sounds, does that count? davekriss Nov 2015 #58

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Bwah! Are you talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation?! WinkyDink Nov 2015 #67

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I didn't know who he was until reading this thread. forsaken mortal Nov 2015 #45

Which is why sites like DU are important davekriss Nov 2015 #60

I think you're really overestimating the country's attention span Recursion Nov 2015 #48

The manufactured ignorance in America is legion davekriss Nov 2015 #55

Mort Sahl MinM Nov 2015 #63

Hell, I even remember Daniel Berrigan.... panader0 Nov 2015 #66

I didn't know who he was, but I was aware of the Pentagon Papers ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2015 #69

I hear you. H2O Man Nov 2015 #70

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Very interesting. H2O Man Nov 2015 #75

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A local grocery store's H2O Man Nov 2015 #78

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You said it TransitJohn Nov 2015 #95

Never heard of Ellsburg until I read your post. Bottoms_Up Nov 2015 #74

My brother was a Captain in the Army at Fort Ord upaloopa Nov 2015 #77

I bet many Americans in the 1970s didn't know who Ellsberg was, let alone today. merrily Nov 2015 #79

I'm not really talking about apolitical people. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #83

Have they heard of Snowden and Drake? merrily Nov 2015 #84

I'm sure none of the three would know Drake. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #85

I'm going back to I don't find it odd they don't know Ellsberg merrily Nov 2015 #86

He's a *pivotal* figure in modern US history. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #87

I don't think Ellsberg brought down a President. Nixon's insanity and personality and dishonesty merrily Nov 2015 #89

Meanwhile, look what you made me learn today. merrily Nov 2015 #91

Kissinger on Ellsberg Octafish Nov 2015 #81

!!!!!!!!!!!! H2O Man Nov 2015 #88

That's mid-20th Century history TransitJohn Nov 2015 #94