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In reply to the discussion: Wow... It Gets WAAAY Worse... 'Whom Can The President Kill ?' - TheNewYorker (We Are Now Nixon) [View all]David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)62. When it comes to all-things-JFK, I defer to Octafish.
I lived during JFK's brilliant administration, those shining, but short years, and my library is filled with JFK bios and books of that time. I can't count the hours I've spent at the amazing JFK Library and the visits to his birth home in Brookline. I say all of that to tell you that I've never met anyone here at the DU with such a detailed and yet over-arching perspective on JFK than Octafish. He can correct me anytime.
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Wow... It Gets WAAAY Worse... 'Whom Can The President Kill ?' - TheNewYorker (We Are Now Nixon) [View all]
WillyT
Feb 2013
OP
Beg to differ, alas! One of my best summers was spent watching the Watergate Hearings! Oh, and
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#21
Was it worth it to have Nixon/Ford/Reagan/bush/Bush and possibly Bush,jeb in 2016?
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#58
This article states that the policy goes back to the Nixon Administration, but guess what?....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#11
Hmmm. I thought we were talking about the US policy of overseas assassinations....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#44
Exactly my point. Thanks for seeing it. Can't just blame the President for this policy. nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#45
Because if it was bad when dealing with foreign entities we were at war with
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2013
#50
Have you lost all sense of reason? "They did it too" is what children say to excuse their bad acts.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#65
It's morally acceptable to me to not have to send in US troops to do the same job....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#46
Unless the 6th Amendment has been rewritten in the last few seconds, the 6th Amendment....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#69
Cambodia was one of the articles of impeachment against Nixon (in committee)
cthulu2016
Feb 2013
#17
Because they've bought the Fear Propaganda. "In An Emergency, Shred This Document."
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#24
How can we be sure this is not used in the US against any group deemed a terrorist organization?
dkf
Feb 2013
#27
This may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but we've been in a state of....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#71