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Post by Value Buy on Feb 1, 2016 14:52:16 GMT -5
Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, I am asking the two following questions:
If John F Kennedy was a junior Senator running for the nomination this year, would he win the nomination?
Would he win the fall election?
Based on the current Democratic contenders, I think he would have been out after Iowa. Has the Democratic party gone that far left to think that he could not possibly win the Presidency just 45 years later?
I was in Junior High when he ran and won. I was not political at the time, but do remember being sincerely upset when he was assassinated my second year of high school. I felt it was a loss for the country, but then maybe major media just made us believe in Camelot
I think it is a shame we do not have a contender on either party, who actually represents what middle America wants. I understand some here will say my definition of middle America is not there's or even a real feel of the definition, but to have both parties hijacked by the fringe element is so sad to me.
It is not the direction I want for the country from either side of the political spectrum.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 1, 2016 14:53:51 GMT -5
winning candidates are creatures of time.
i am not convinced that any candidate that won in the past could win today.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 1, 2016 14:54:18 GMT -5
I don't think Kennedy could stand the media looking into every text, every tweet or FB post today.
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Post by Value Buy on Feb 1, 2016 15:00:03 GMT -5
I don't think Kennedy could stand the media looking into every text, every tweet or FB post today. Or all the women........ |
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Post by Value Buy on Feb 1, 2016 15:01:20 GMT -5
He was still a good President, although some would scour him for the Cuba invasion and Bay of Pigs.
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 1, 2016 15:06:30 GMT -5
He was still a good President, although some would scour him for the Cuba invasion and Bay of Pigs.  |
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 1, 2016 15:07:00 GMT -5
"ask what you can do for your country" was straight up statist dreck.
i could never vote for that guy.
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Post by gregintenn on Feb 1, 2016 16:02:14 GMT -5
I think the Republican leaders would roll their eyes and call Kennedy a fringe right wing lunatic today. Not to mention what the democrats would think of him.
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Post by dondub on Feb 1, 2016 16:16:30 GMT -5
I think the Republican leaders would roll their eyes and call Kennedy a fringe right wing lunatic today. That's the first time you've been wrong in the last 15 minutes. 
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Post by gregintenn on Feb 1, 2016 16:20:58 GMT -5
I think the Republican leaders would roll their eyes and call Kennedy a fringe right wing lunatic today. That's the first time you've been wrong in the last 15 minutes. Got proof?  |
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Post by dondub on Feb 1, 2016 16:23:12 GMT -5
Better yet, I've got a link!
gregiswrong.com
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Post by gregintenn on Feb 1, 2016 16:25:14 GMT -5
Better yet, I've got a link! gregiswrong.com One could get lost in all the information there. 
mmhmm will want to post some information there! 
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Post by dondub on Feb 1, 2016 16:31:17 GMT -5
One could get lost in all the information there. I clicked on it and found nothing of value.
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Post by gregintenn on Feb 1, 2016 17:25:18 GMT -5
One could get lost in all the information there. I clicked on it and found nothing of value. Turns out my wife owns the domain name!  |
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Post by dondub on Feb 1, 2016 18:01:05 GMT -5
You're married!?!? |
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Post by marvholly on Feb 2, 2016 6:35:48 GMT -5
Kennedy was too middle of the road for today's all or nothing partisans which is EXACTLY what I hate in today's system.
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Post by gregintenn on Feb 2, 2016 8:38:28 GMT -5
You're married!?!? Yes Dub. That's pretty much what having a wife entails. |
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Post by happyhoix on Feb 2, 2016 12:52:19 GMT -5
I agree with Beth. The extra marital affairs all the Kennedy boys engaged in would have been wonderful tabloid fodder.
Either that or someone would have investigated how his dad made his millions and found some skeletons in that closet.
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Post by Value Buy on Feb 2, 2016 15:42:20 GMT -5
You're married!?!? Yes Dub. That's pretty much what having a wife entails. I did not realize you were a newbie here. You are so wrong about that. |
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Post by b2r on Feb 3, 2016 14:18:34 GMT -5
Sorry VB. If there's anything sadder, I don't know what it is.  Well maybe... |
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