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Ken Burch

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16. There's no equivalent to Vietnam, though.

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:24 PM

Sep 2012

And you don't have a situation in which anybody can claim to be as unjustly treated as the antiwar left and liberal could claim to be in Chicago.

BTW, it was Johnson's fault that Nixon won...Johnson made that a certainty by forcing Humphrey to be nominated as an all-out hawk on an arrogantly pro-war platform...Humphrey nearly closed the gap when he finally broke with Johnson(but Johnson made sure he couldn't by cutting off big Democratic donations to Humphrey's campaign).

All the Dems had to do to win in '68 is to admit the primaries mattered and adopt a platform that reflected that. It was Johnson's fault that they didn't. Clearly, we have to come to the conclusion that he WANTED Nixon to win.

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Groups to protest at Democratic convention in North Carolina [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2012 OP

That's OK. What would a convention be without protests? totodeinhere Sep 2012 #1

Hopefully Charlotte 2012 does not turn into Chicago 1968 n/t customerserviceguy Sep 2012 #2

Peaceful Protesting.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #3

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This time, imagine being paid to start a riot. defacto7 Sep 2012 #11

I predict that It will eventually turn out, once the FOI requests are answered in twenty years, Ken Burch Sep 2012 #17

That has already been verified. UnrepentantLiberal Sep 2012 #45

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What a depressing post DerekG Sep 2012 #6

actually most of these people will probably be voting for Obama 2pooped2pop Sep 2012 #7

OWS is not helping Romney. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #15

You can't seriously be arguing that anybody who wants to stop Romney/Ryan/Rove Ken Burch Sep 2012 #18

I plan to rally with Planned Parenthood on Tuesday. wildeyed Sep 2012 #23

You are not a progressive. LeftyMom Sep 2012 #39

Why weren't the labor unions protesting at the RNC? pnwmom Sep 2012 #8

You save your energy for where you have some chance of being heard starroute Sep 2012 #9

Or this could turn into Chicago 1968, when it was a big boost for Nixon. pnwmom Sep 2012 #12

There's no equivalent to Vietnam, though. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #16

Pure fantasy MFrohike Sep 2012 #20

Nixon largely left the Great Society alone in his first term, though. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #21

Again, fantasy MFrohike Sep 2012 #29

It makes perfect sense, if you accept the argument(as a lot of us do) Ken Burch Sep 2012 #30

Yeah, that's just dead wrong MFrohike Sep 2012 #32

I admire what LBJ did with the Great Society(in truth, the programs basically worked Ken Burch Sep 2012 #34

You're right MFrohike Sep 2012 #36

I think pride and ego came into his choices in '68, in part. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #37

Right and wrong MFrohike Sep 2012 #42

Protest, in and of itself, doesn't lead to change. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #43

Although with VN, LBJ wasn't targeting US citizens for assassination. The drone hellfire strikes 24601 Sep 2012 #25

I'm as anti-drone as you are. Just saying the situation won't have the same vibe Ken Burch Sep 2012 #31

I really don't judge the times as equivalent. In VN, we drafted troops while today, every one is a 24601 Sep 2012 #41

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Because there was tropical storm. LeftyMom Sep 2012 #38

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