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Fri Dec-16-05 06:47 PM
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{2] RFK
{3} MLK
{4} Muhammad Ali
{5} JFK
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| -Name 5 politicians who influenced you early in your political life |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 03:48 PM |
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Bobby Kennedy, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan |
ugarte |
Dec-16-05 03:52 PM |
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I met Tom Hayden in 1984 at a conference of Dems in DC |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:02 PM |
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My list exactly except I'd have to trade Tom Hayden for JFK. |
spenbax |
Dec-16-05 08:03 PM |
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1972 - a schoolgirl working for Dennis Kucinich's 1st congressional race. |
blm |
Dec-16-05 03:53 PM |
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That was cool. That was my first year of serious politicking, too. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:04 PM |
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It was a primary he didn't win. He ran for mayor a bit later and won. |
blm |
Dec-17-05 09:42 AM |
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He's available!! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 03:13 PM |
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He's married |
MaineDem |
Dec-17-05 03:24 PM |
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Nope, he's not. But, I became keenly aware of corruption through his work |
blm |
Dec-18-05 06:41 PM |
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Nice question! |
Punkingal |
Dec-16-05 03:57 PM |
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Glad you like it. I didn't wake up politically under after those guys. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:05 PM |
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Same generation reporting in..... |
merci_me |
Dec-16-05 04:00 PM |
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Boycott grapes! Boycott lettuce! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:06 PM |
#24 |
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Viva la huelga! |
Bluesplayer |
Dec-18-05 05:03 AM |
#114 |
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Im kinda' young, but Ill still post my list. |
nickshepDEM |
Dec-16-05 04:01 PM |
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Thanks for talking about it. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:08 PM |
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Carter, Clinton, and Jesse Jackson (if he is a politician?) |
Nimrod2005 |
Dec-16-05 06:47 PM |
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Shirley Chisholm, my childhood heroine |
Ellen Forradalom |
Dec-16-05 04:05 PM |
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Shirley had that distinctive speech due to her impairment. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:11 PM |
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The photo of her flashing the peace sign is iconic |
Ellen Forradalom |
Dec-16-05 08:46 PM |
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I think that might have been 1968........... |
merci_me |
Dec-16-05 11:03 PM |
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I am just 25 |
pstans |
Dec-16-05 04:06 PM |
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Feingold is solid gold. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:11 PM |
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JFK, RFK, Clinton & Nixon/Bush Sr./ Bush Jr. made me really hate Repubs. |
kerry-is-my-prez |
Dec-16-05 04:06 PM |
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I only thought I despised Nixon, Reagan and GHWB until Jr ... |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:13 PM |
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While not all politicians.... |
stillcool47 |
Dec-16-05 04:08 PM |
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Hey, hey, my, my. Rock and roll will never die. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:23 PM |
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It's interesting that I can't look back at that time... |
stillcool47 |
Dec-16-05 06:53 PM |
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JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King and |
livetohike |
Dec-16-05 04:15 PM |
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Those guys influenced me, but not seriously until about 1972 |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:46 PM |
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for me it was......... |
Oceansaway |
Dec-16-05 04:22 PM |
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oooooooooo, memories may be beautiful ... |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:25 PM |
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Since I'm originally from Texas, I was influenced by these people. |
TriMetFan |
Dec-16-05 04:25 PM |
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Henry B. Gonzalez |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:29 PM |
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Yes he was a Great man and a friend of the family. |
TriMetFan |
Dec-16-05 07:44 PM |
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Glad your family were friends. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 04:45 AM |
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Yes he was. |
TriMetFan |
Dec-17-05 03:01 PM |
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My influences weren't politicians |
Warpy |
Dec-16-05 04:32 PM |
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I read ATLAS SHRUGGED and GRAPES OF WRATH |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:45 PM |
#47 |
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I read my way through Steinbeck first |
Warpy |
Dec-16-05 07:30 PM |
#55 |
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So true. It's a philosophy that works only for non-parents. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 04:43 AM |
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For wit, humor, and style: Everett Dirkson; Lyndon Johnson; David Boren; |
NoFederales |
Dec-16-05 04:39 PM |
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they don't make pubs like Ev Dirksen any more |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:31 PM |
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No they don't; Baker could actually be another choice--all have flaws, but |
NoFederales |
Dec-17-05 05:24 AM |
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good, bad, and ugly |
StephanieMarie |
Dec-16-05 04:42 PM |
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I actually kind of liked Ford. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:32 PM |
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Hubert Humphrey, RFK, Walter Mondale, LBJ, JFK |
SaveElmer |
Dec-16-05 04:46 PM |
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not from Minnesota are you?! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:33 PM |
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Yeah I grew up there... |
SaveElmer |
Dec-17-05 08:30 AM |
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Minnesota has rich Democratic history. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:41 AM |
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Bill Clinton |
HereKittyKitty |
Dec-16-05 04:49 PM |
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Bill Clinton is my all time favorite president/presidential nominee |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:34 PM |
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Mine too- though I do wish he were a bit more to the left |
HereKittyKitty |
Dec-18-05 01:41 AM |
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JFK the most |
Greybnk48 |
Dec-16-05 05:45 PM |
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Bill Proxmire and his Golden Fleece award |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:35 PM |
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Well I'm only 20 |
safi0 |
Dec-16-05 05:52 PM |
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You have a great selection. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:37 PM |
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Bush Jr. is a strange way. |
Zynx |
Dec-16-05 06:02 PM |
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I hear you. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:38 PM |
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Jimmy Carter.... |
elizm |
Dec-16-05 06:14 PM |
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Al Lowenstein |
welshTerrier2 |
Dec-16-05 06:17 PM |
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He was a good man. |
H2O Man |
Dec-16-05 06:33 PM |
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Wasn't TALK RADIO his story? |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:40 PM |
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Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Douglas, Vic Copps, Bill Davis, and Mr. Hammond ... |
Lisa |
Dec-16-05 06:36 PM |
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Pierre's wife was the precursor to Lady Di for paparazzi |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:41 PM |
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yes -- there was some kind of scandal about her being a "groupie" |
Lisa |
Dec-17-05 05:05 PM |
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Tommy Douglas did the Mousetown thing, right? |
MaineDem |
Dec-17-05 07:46 AM |
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yes! There's even an animated film of it, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland |
Lisa |
Dec-17-05 05:21 PM |
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I've seen that video |
MaineDem |
Dec-18-05 08:00 AM |
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John Anderson, Gaylord Nelson, Eleanor Roosevelt ... |
hippiechick |
Dec-16-05 06:40 PM |
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Lech Walesa - good call. Polish Solidarity! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 06:42 PM |
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{1}Malcolm X |
H2O Man |
Dec-16-05 06:47 PM |
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it's a good thing you didn't list them in this order |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-16-05 07:21 PM |
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Hmmm, Tough question... |
Mikimouse |
Dec-16-05 07:12 PM |
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Richard Nixon... |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-16-05 07:23 PM |
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Good choices. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 07:39 AM |
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JFK, RFK, Malcolm X, MLK, Ted Kennedy |
peace frog |
Dec-16-05 07:30 PM |
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Here's mine |
FreedomAngel82 |
Dec-16-05 07:44 PM |
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Let's See |
NJ Democrats |
Dec-16-05 07:52 PM |
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You're doing alright, youngster. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 07:35 AM |
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I'm still young and i was young when democracy fell into my life |
soliddemocrat |
Dec-16-05 07:53 PM |
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Hubert Humphrey |
tabasco |
Dec-16-05 09:47 PM |
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Baby Boomer!! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 07:42 AM |
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Anyone who is brave enough to stand up to the rubbish |
Confound W |
Dec-16-05 10:03 PM |
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Jackie Robinson really put up with a lot of it. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:50 AM |
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JFK, RFK, |
WinkyDink |
Dec-16-05 10:18 PM |
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FDR has been an influence. My grandpa worked WPA. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:43 AM |
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It would be an elected Judge in my city. |
Aimah |
Dec-16-05 10:28 PM |
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Great story! I love it. Revenge is a dish best served COLD. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 07:41 AM |
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LBJ, Gene McCarthy, George McGovern and Abraham Ribicoff |
Douglas Carpenter |
Dec-16-05 11:57 PM |
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I remember Ribicoff held a Cabinet post at some point |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:51 AM |
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yes -- under JFK 61-62 than he ran and was elected to the Senate |
Douglas Carpenter |
Dec-17-05 03:37 PM |
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OMG, my 8th social studies teacher would be so proud |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 09:44 PM |
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Ed Muskie, Kitty Hendricks, JFK, Margaret Chase Smith... |
MaineDem |
Dec-17-05 07:52 AM |
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George Mitchell told me a story about Ed Muskie. |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:47 AM |
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Wellstone, Mandela, Hammerskjold, H. Chavez, Llumumba, Gandhi? |
1932 |
Dec-17-05 08:40 AM |
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Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Michael Dukakis... |
Eugene |
Dec-17-05 08:43 AM |
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Jessie Jackson |
The Flaming Red Head |
Dec-17-05 08:45 AM |
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My family was involved in politics all of my life. However, I |
HuskerDU |
Dec-17-05 11:14 AM |
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Carter (positively), Reagan (negatively)..... |
RandomKoolzip |
Dec-17-05 03:07 PM |
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Robert Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, Gene McCarthy, Gandhi, and Golda Meir |
Humor_In_Cuneiform |
Dec-17-05 03:12 PM |
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W.J. Clinton; A.A. Gore, Jr.; J.M. Granholm; C.M. Levin; and D.A. Stabenow |
ih8thegop |
Dec-17-05 03:15 PM |
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JFK, Krushchev, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Gorbachev |
mtnsnake |
Dec-17-05 03:48 PM |
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JFK, RFK, HHH positively, LBJ and Nixon negatively. |
tritsofme |
Dec-17-05 03:50 PM |
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None. |
LWolf |
Dec-17-05 05:43 PM |
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JFK, RFK, GMcG, LBJ, RMN |
Inspired |
Dec-17-05 05:53 PM |
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my 5, a mixed bag |
tn-guy |
Dec-17-05 06:26 PM |
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John Kennedy, Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, |
Totally Committed |
Dec-17-05 06:34 PM |
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John Kennedy, Barbara Jordan, Martin Luther King |
Blue_In_AK |
Dec-17-05 07:16 PM |
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What an interesting variety of influences in these responses! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:22 PM |
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Howard Metzenbalm, Dick Celeste, John Glenn, Walter Mondale |
dsc |
Dec-17-05 08:27 PM |
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Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
PhilipShore |
Dec-17-05 08:57 PM |
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Gore-BAH-choff |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 09:48 PM |
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well... |
dajoki |
Dec-17-05 09:18 PM |
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I'm a little surprised by the continuing affection for JFK |
GatoLover |
Dec-17-05 09:38 PM |
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Barry Goldwater, Chuck Percy, Eugene Mc Carthy, |
nevergiveup |
Dec-17-05 10:04 PM |
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JFK, RFK, McGovern, Barbara Jordan, George Aiken. nt |
Vinca |
Dec-18-05 07:12 AM |
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Geroge Aiken is the guy who said "declare victory and leave!" |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-18-05 08:06 AM |
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Right. He also had a real appreciation for nature. |
Vinca |
Dec-18-05 11:04 AM |
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Ronald Reagon, George Bush, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, Tom Harkin |
Chicanery |
Dec-18-05 07:29 AM |
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Hmmm... Okay... |
catabryna |
Dec-18-05 08:33 AM |
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Giving away my age - 55 |
OutNow |
Dec-18-05 09:06 AM |
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my political heroes growing up were-some historical as well |
DaveinMD |
Dec-18-05 09:41 AM |
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John Kennedy, Goldwater, George McGovern, Fred Harris, Jimmy Carter |
Zen Democrat |
Dec-18-05 06:49 PM |
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late 60's early 70's in WI |
mariema |
Dec-18-05 08:05 PM |
#125 |
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