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In the discussion thread: What if JFK, MLK and RFK had lived? [View all]

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:28 AM

DakotaLady (164 posts)

16. I have wondered this too ...

... so many times. As I'm older than dirt - I remember what we had and I worry so much about tomorrow.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
What if JFK, MLK and RFK had lived? [View all]	Taverner	Dec 2012	OP
I surmise that you are between the ages of 50 and 60 years.	NYC_SKP	Dec 2012	#1
42. Male. Californian.	Taverner	Dec 2012	#4
that was what i was telling folks in 08	oldhippydude	Dec 2012	#27
I'm a little confused here	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2012	#9
actually the voting age at that time was 21	oldhippydude	Dec 2012	#29
But if you go back and read the post I was replying to,	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2012	#47
Wow. The deaths of those men dramatically changed the course of history.	JaneyVee	Dec 2012	#2
Especially now that we know now that JFK was opposed to Vietnam...	Taverner	Dec 2012	#3
That alone could have changed the course of human history. Intense.	JaneyVee	Dec 2012	#5
The Vietnam war would have never happened ..	SummerSnow	Dec 2012	#32
Your post made me cry for your uncle, your mother and for you. I do want to point out, though,	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#37
hmm.never thought about that.	SummerSnow	Dec 2012	#39
It's pretty clear JFK was going to pull out. He signed NSAM 263, ordering complete withdrawal.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#44
Yep. JFK repeatedly told Kenny O'Donnell,	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#46
NSAM 263, as I understand it, was conditioned upon success by the puppets	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#48
Your post made me tear up....	Taverner	Dec 2012	#43
I have wondered this too ...	DakotaLady	Dec 2012	#16
There was a reason all three of them were deliberately killed.	villager	Dec 2012	#6
....	Taverner	Dec 2012	#8
This.	CrispyQ	Dec 2012	#31
If JFK, RFK, and MLK had lived and had been able to follow through with their visions	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#7
Or it would have created a backlash that gave us Reagan in 68	Taverner	Dec 2012	#11
I don't know about that	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#24
RFK wanted Single Payer, Universal Health Care	Taverner	Dec 2012	#45
My dad did a TOD in Vietnam under JFK	LeftInTX	Dec 2012	#10
weird timing	The Straight Story	Dec 2012	#12
I never knew.	Overseas	Dec 2012	#14
Nifty. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2012	#28
I love that song	SummerSnow	Dec 2012	#33
K&R.	Overseas	Dec 2012	#13
I don't think we would have had Reagan or W	LeftInTX	Dec 2012	#15
I agree completely they would have changed history add one more name Jerry Litton from Missouri.	gordianot	Dec 2012	#17
Thanks for the suggestion - I will look him up	Taverner	Dec 2012	#21
I remember Jerry Litton	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2012	#23
Good question	davidpdx	Dec 2012	#18
Reagan was shot	LeftInTX	Dec 2012	#19
No. Knowing what we know now, no.	Taverner	Dec 2012	#20
Well the other three were killed in the 60s weren't they?	davidpdx	Dec 2012	#22
MLK (advocate of non-violent change and economic justice) and RFK (advocate of peace and	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#26
no	datasuspect	Dec 2012	#25
People might have ended up seeing them as sell outs	Johonny	Dec 2012	#30
You make a good point, but I'm going to play devil's advocate.	CrispyQ	Dec 2012	#34
If you listen to Townshend	Johonny	Dec 2012	#41
Excellent points. I do think, though, had MLK	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#38
I posted this a while ago regarding this very subject (at least as far as the Kennedys go) . . . .	HughBeaumont	Dec 2012	#35
This wasn't done by some cabal...this was done by corporate America in plain view	Taverner	Dec 2012	#42
If Hitler had been admitted to art school, there might never have	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#36
Great question. I think we can get a pretty clear idea	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#40
John F. Kennedy @ American University	MinM	Dec 2012	#49

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