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Women's Rights & Issues

Graybeard

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1. SHE was wonderful.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 07:16 PM

Sep 2012

That refers to the one movie Helen Gahagan Douglas made (She-1935) and also to Mrs. Douglas as well.

After two terms in the House she was defeated in her 1950 run for the Senate by Richard Nixon who ran a campaign of slimy lies against her.

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quotes of the day--helen gahagan douglas [View all] niyad Sep 2012 OP

SHE was wonderful. Graybeard Sep 2012 #1

that campaign stood as one of the sleaziest ever--at least, until the recent batch of repukes. niyad Sep 2012 #2