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52. That makes no sense whatsoever applied to O'Reilly

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Since November 22, 1963... [View all] Octafish Nov 2014 OP

So long ago and yet such a vivid memory. Autumn Nov 2014 #1

It was a time when we could do anything we dared imagine. Octafish Nov 2014 #4

Apollo 8. Rounded the moon to see Earthrise. longship Nov 2014 #11

Oswald did it? I don't think so. man4allcats Nov 2014 #58

+1 nationalize the fed Nov 2014 #19

You forgot Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2014 #87

'We have more will than wallet.' -- George Herbert Walker Bush, inaugural address Octafish Nov 2014 #116

And we did it in less than a decade and under budget. LongTomH Nov 2014 #81

I remember Horse with no Name Nov 2014 #2

The American Dream was alive and well. Octafish Nov 2014 #9

I live in Sam Rayburn country and I am perplexed...to say the least...that it is very conservative Horse with no Name Nov 2014 #12

You are the jewel of DU, Octafish. ReRe Nov 2014 #38

Ditto. Octafish, you are the best. n/t 7wo7rees Nov 2014 #48

I concur 100% hifiguy Nov 2014 #111

Octafish is a him? ReRe Nov 2014 #114

thank you for posting this. niyad Nov 2014 #69

They day the music died. Rex Nov 2014 #3

The day the music died.... ollie4 Nov 2014 #36

Well now, that's one way of interpreting McLean's magnum opus. But one could say that KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #42

America was touched by the lowest demons in our nature, setting us on a different course. Octafish Nov 2014 #62

JFK resisted a 'first strike' at least twice: LongTomH Nov 2014 #85

And that's one way they've been able to advance their sick agenda. Lars39 Nov 2014 #5

That brings to mind an INSOC slogan. zeemike Nov 2014 #32

''If it wasn't on tee vee, it didn't happen.'' Octafish Nov 2014 #65

...this country has seen the corruption of our liberties by the MIC become the norm. robertpaulsen Nov 2014 #6

Look who gets ahead these days. Octafish Nov 2014 #66

Scary. The prospect of Jeb in 2016 is nauseating. robertpaulsen Nov 2014 #91

that photo makes me want to ralph grasswire Nov 2014 #101

But he did nothing to curb it during his presidency OnlinePoker Nov 2014 #74

Sadly, I agree. The CIA overthrow of Mossadegh happened on Ike's watch. robertpaulsen Nov 2014 #90

...and Cuba. Ike was president when Dulles hired the Mafia to kill Castro -- 1960. Octafish Nov 2014 #93

I was 14 in 1963. I'd like to think I still have a few years left. scarletwoman Nov 2014 #7

I was watching an old Christmas movie the other night... Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #8

It is remarkable, the moments when it strikes. For me, HBO's ''Nixon by Nixon''... Octafish Nov 2014 #67

What ReRe said: love_katz Nov 2014 #71

Some day, the truth will surely come out. Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #82

It's distressing to see progressives living in/obsessing over the past YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #10

Why? n/t jtuck004 Nov 2014 #17

The clue might be in the word "progressive" YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #22

Since we are discussing people who need clues, perhaps you should spend a few moments jtuck004 Nov 2014 #25

Your history is flawed... YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #27

WHy don't you look up "hungry", which is what the children of the people who have been put and left jtuck004 Nov 2014 #31

I am old enough to have lived that history. zeemike Nov 2014 #35

+1 ReRe Nov 2014 #41

+1 Hekate Nov 2014 #55

+ 1 prairierose Nov 2014 #83

+1 frogmarch Nov 2014 #86

Hey, my friend, please do not confuse 'nostalgia' with 'reactionary.' I can assure you that KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #46

thanks for the lecture olddots Nov 2014 #75

Maybe just maybe we learn from the past that life does not have to suck like it does today. That jwirr Nov 2014 #80

As touchstones go, Camelot still beats 9/11. nt pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #20

Just for the poetry, if nothing else. :) - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #47

+1 Hekate Nov 2014 #49

It's Remembering the past, not obsessing about the past. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #23

Thank you Dont...Shirley. elleng Nov 2014 #28

'twas ever thus hifiguy Nov 2014 #112

Thank you, hifiguy. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #113

It's one sentence! Or are you referring to his posts in the: PAST! johnnyreb Nov 2014 #30

WTF? Historians round the world are shaking their fists at you! :) - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #43

It's even more distressing to see 'progressives' forget what their party is supposed to be about. sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #77

History, if you don't know, repeats. For instance, ''Hairpin Turns''... Octafish Nov 2014 #94

I remember what the world was like then. blue neen Nov 2014 #13

Equality was important to President Kennedy. Ask Abraham Bolden... Octafish Nov 2014 #95

Yep. Cleita Nov 2014 #14

K&R. Overseas Nov 2014 #39

The Day That Shall "ACTUALLY" Live In Infamy... WillyT Nov 2014 #15

Sung to the tune of American Pie ... Martin Eden Nov 2014 #16

I was three. I still remember how upset I was. My mother had the old B & W tv on, I was watching Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #18

I wasn't alive then. RedCappedBandit Nov 2014 #21

I don't want to piss in people's nostalgia Cheerios unduly, but JFK and RFK continued to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #45

People do forget that. Wella Nov 2014 #84

JFK entered office as a 'Cold War hawk' (he even ran to Nixon's KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #97

That is a misconception repeated over the years. Octafish Nov 2014 #98

JFK's assassination heralded the start of a string of murders of our best and brightest.... Hekate Nov 2014 #50

+1000 pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #53

Thank you for such a well thought out response. RedCappedBandit Nov 2014 #99

I agree. burrowowl Nov 2014 #103

What Cicero said. Octafish Nov 2014 #96

So true! I was 10 Carolina Nov 2014 #24

Been thinking about this today, Octafish, elleng Nov 2014 #26

I turned five earlier that year. Brigid Nov 2014 #29

The day America jumped the shark. Initech Nov 2014 #33

Those weren't really great times for minorities and I really don't see it as craigmatic Nov 2014 #34

Marvellously ignorant statement Hekate Nov 2014 #51

No I've read Dallek's book and seen all the documentaries but I'm not impressed by JFK. craigmatic Nov 2014 #63

JFK appears to be way overrated cpwm17 Nov 2014 #68

Probably it would help understanding if you had actually been there. The Cold War was not one-sided Hekate Nov 2014 #72

And FDR ran as a budget balancer. Smart people learn, grow, and change. RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #78

Maybe you're right but it all comes back to ideology with JFK for me or rather his lack of one. craigmatic Nov 2014 #79

LBJ had to lie America into War on Vietnam Octafish Nov 2014 #105

Once JFK allowed the Vietnamese military to kill Ngo and his brother we owned Vietnam. craigmatic Nov 2014 #107

Except JFK did not order assassination, despite what E Howard Hunt and CIA want us to believe. Octafish Nov 2014 #108

What is a "Kennedy Democrat"? SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2014 #37

That makes no sense whatsoever applied to O'Reilly Hekate Nov 2014 #52

Jon Stewart said O'Reilly seemed ALMOST a Kennedy Democrat in comparison to RW extremists pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #56

In other words, a humorous exaggeration by a satirist for comic effect. Makes more sense that way. Hekate Nov 2014 #57

Different source SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2014 #59

A Democrat who stands for: Justice. Freedom. Equality. Peace. Prosperity. Octafish Nov 2014 #109

I think it's some kind of conservative Democrat SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2014 #115

It was Christmas day for American fascism nikto Nov 2014 #40

It really has been every warmongers' dream come true ever since. Octafish Nov 2014 #110

I was ten then. It was a good time for my family. Mr.Bill Nov 2014 #44

Not long after Kennedy's "Camelot" came and went SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2014 #60

"Pierre Salinger" "Pierre who? Who is that?" NBachers Nov 2014 #54

It has been downhill since that awful day. n//t Paper Roses Nov 2014 #61

K&R Zorra Nov 2014 #64

K&R bobthedrummer Nov 2014 #70

"You will remember this birthday, HockeyMom Nov 2014 #73

My Mom was a teacher at the time shenmue Nov 2014 #76

Since that day in November 63 heaven05 Nov 2014 #88

I remember. ColesCountyDem Nov 2014 #89

Yes I remember old man 76 Nov 2014 #92

It was a hell of a time to be a white male, that's for damn sure. Orrex Nov 2014 #100

Sure was. Hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. describe what JFK did during the 1960 campaign... Octafish Nov 2014 #104

Try to imagine mainstreetonce Nov 2014 #102

For a time capsule of the transition from the idealism of the late 1950s to GreatGazoo Nov 2014 #106