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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 04:39 AM
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9. One thing was signing the civil rights act. He not only scrapped
his political career but he said at the time he was destroying the future of the Dem Party for decades!
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  -Inspirational is wonderful, just like JFK... however OKNancy  Jan-06-08 04:07 AM   #0 
  - You might consider that much of the reason that Kennedy's accomplishments  cali   Jan-06-08 04:09 AM   #1 
  - That;'s true, but Lydon was willing to scrap his political career  napi21   Jan-06-08 04:14 AM   #2 
  - In reference to what?  aquart   Jan-06-08 04:28 AM   #6 
  - One thing was signing the civil rights act. He not only scrapped  napi21   Jan-06-08 04:39 AM   #9 
  - Yup. A Clinton took a chance on a tax cut for the wealthiest. Damn, our party  Fredda Weinberg   Jan-06-08 04:39 AM   #8 
  - That's obvious and not my point  OKNancy   Jan-06-08 04:17 AM   #3 
  - 3 years with all major legislation blocked.  aquart   Jan-06-08 04:27 AM   #4 
  - Wrong. It took the physical courage of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT  Ken Burch   Jan-06-08 04:27 AM   #5 
  - We didn't say he did it because he was a darling.  aquart   Jan-06-08 04:36 AM   #7 
     - Ask not what your country can do for you  SCDem   Jan-06-08 04:44 AM   #11 
  - At the time, it was hard to avoid the "star making machinery"  Fredda Weinberg   Jan-06-08 04:41 AM   #10 
 

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