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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:13 PM Original message |
Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy has died ... More to come. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. A true man of peace |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. RIP |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Shit. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. link here... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not really much more to come, is there? . . . |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Agreed |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. nominated, may he rest in peace n/t |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. R.I.P., Gene... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Link to obituary here |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gene Mc Carthy was a driving force |
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baby_bear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Me too, Mz Pip |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Damn. I had the honor to vote for him once, long ago, nt |
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Greeby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sucks being a young'un in 2005 |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
73. Well, look at it this way, Greeby |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Deep Sadness |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. He was a genuinely good human being. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. REST IN PEACE |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Minnesota has had many great "eggs" and McCarthy was one of the best. |
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SW FL Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. What a loss. May he rest in peace N/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. RIP, Senator, you were one of the good guys... n/t |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Get Clean With Gene" |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. May He Never Face Crows On Telephone Lines Ever Again |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. the PEACE Candidate is dead |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. my very first vote ever was for |
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Buck Turgidson (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Me too! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. I shook his hand in the Felt Forum. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Rest in peace, Senator |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. RIP Sen. McCarthy |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. One of the truly good guys. Just got home & caught it on the news. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. In the immortal words of Tim Benzedrine, |
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AlamoDemoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gee..This is a terrible news day |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Another notification, here |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. AP, Boston Globe . . . |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. RIP Senator McCarthy |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Gene was my man... long before Bobby Kennedy jumped in the fray |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Rest in peace Senator McCarthy and thank you for your service to |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. we have many Dems like him right now---he set a good example. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. My RW father hated him, which is all the credentials he needs for heaven |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. Okay - he supported Reagan? So died another of my heroes |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. Great sadness. At 21, I cast my first Prez "vote" for him; and credit him |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. You're going to a better place, Gene. |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. I marched with him in 1972 |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Very sorry to hear this |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. RIP n/t |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hell of a man |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Thank you for your service, Mr. McCarthy. |
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dw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. I spent a wonderful day with him during his '76 campaign. |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Thanks dw. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. RIP. My hero! n/t |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. My favorite Eugene McCarthy story... |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks Fats. RIP Clean Gene. |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. In many ways, the anti-Hillary, the anti-Kerry. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. LOL! Great story. |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Rest Eugene. Rest. |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. He made a Dem out of me, a 10yr old kid in '68, born into a GOP family. |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. There were giants in those days... |
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lucca (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. A wonderful man. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
53. May he RIP |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. If I may respectfully take a contrarian view to YOUR contrarian view |
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montana_hazeleyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. R.I.P |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. he was still kicking a few years back-look what he said about Bush/Irag. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. didn't he go rightwing and endorse reagan in 1980? |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's not altogether clear whether he did endorse Reagan or not |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. He wasn't a party man. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. well sort of in a way... |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. I got clean for Gene. Among all the Democrats, he was the |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
61. Wonderful American Hero |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. Oh Dear. RIP Gene. |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
63. One of the good ones. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
65. RIP |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
66. I voted for him ... |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
67. My first hero |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
68. A fighter for justice till the end! |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
71. I heard him speak in 68 when |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. oh damn, RIP Gene.... |
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