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In reply to the discussion: That awful day in 1968. [View all]electric_blue68
(14,598 posts)72. You're far from alone with those "what if's"
(and the former guy's four years made the contrast soooo much worse! )
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Terrible, terrible day... I was a young mother with a newborn... with husband in Viet Nam...
secondwind
Jun 2021
#5
I remember being bed and hearing my Dad scream "no no no "really loud in the tv room
kimbutgar
Jun 2021
#12
now a stoopid fedral judge has decided to strike down the automatic weapons ban.
AllaN01Bear
Jun 2021
#16
A link in the post title is dead, not clickable, not an actual link. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2021
#78
I was 12 and, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. almost 2 months before
catbyte
Jun 2021
#17
Unfortunately I was still in Vietnam at Dong Ha when the news broke,
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 2021
#24
I was a Sophomore in HS between RFK & MLK it was so horrifically surreal
electric_blue68
Jun 2021
#53
That day brought us an evil in American politics that we are still fighting today. n/t
Yavin4
Jun 2021
#27
Years later I found out that he had been very active in Eugene McCarthy's campaign
dflprincess
Jun 2021
#56
That's something (respectful) keeping his preference to himself. We didn't have ...
electric_blue68
Jun 2021
#59
And the echoes are still assaulting us today, stabbing us in the heart over and over and over again.
NBachers
Jun 2021
#34
I met him in 1967 when I was a high school student. His personal charisma was off the charts.
jalan48
Jun 2021
#38
My friends & I worked so hard that year, ages 20-21. It was my big intro to politics...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#44
I can't tell you how many times in the last fifty years that I've thought about....
RussellCattle
Jun 2021
#46
The hatred was always there of anything good. The losses definately affected our ability to grow. nt
Evolve Dammit
Jun 2021
#62
I was living in Southern California on military base .... and still remember that very sad day...
turbinetree
Jun 2021
#65