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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTHIS HAPPENED: Gary Hart.
I was lost in the ozone in the early '80s, dealing with cancer and life.
MSNBC is enlightening me.
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THIS HAPPENED: Gary Hart. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2018
OP
I remembered more of that situation than I thought. Big disappointment in Hart.
Frustratedlady
Mar 2018
#3
RandySF
(58,799 posts)1. I remember this well
Happened right around the time Jim Bakker got in trouble.
babylonsister
(171,061 posts)2. I love the comparisons
I can see. I think it's a great lesson about then and now.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)3. I remembered more of that situation than I thought. Big disappointment in Hart.
I felt he would have been a good candidate and president. We'll never know.
When will we hear the Republican version?
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)4. Ah, good ole Gary Hart.
Remember him well.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)5. I was 10 at the time, and I remember it fairly well
it made the cover of almost all the magazines, in the week or two after the story broke.
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)6. A 2 hour non sequitur from MSNBC
Whats next, a deep dive into Paul Simons bow ties? An exploration of Bruce Babbits career?
LeftInTX
(25,305 posts)7. Sierra Club v. Babbitt
It was a huge lawsuit where I live. Huge!!! Seriously, that lawsuit forced the city to undergo water rationing. We are still rationing today, all because of a little fish.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)8. I remember it so well I felt no need to watch it.