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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:28 PM Original message |
Without googling, tell me four things you know about Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1. He had funny glasses. |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dead Irish New york Javits center. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. He had the most Irish sounding name of any senator. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. phd about FDR/Knew ER/Poverty analyst for Nixon/Rail travel advocate. nt |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. plenty |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. When he first ran for senate his opponent called him an ivy league intellectual |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. He shilled for republicans to "privatize" social security n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. did he really? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yep.. he was part of the "bi-partisan" continency that Bush appointed |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. and did come out to support the non-lock box theory? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. He was a friend to JFK & Nixon. His report on the decline of the black family... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. He worked as a bartender |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Evidently, he had a great marriage. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cold warrier who worked for Nixon. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Now that's an interesting description |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. He was a moderate domestically. A hawk internationally. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Without Google |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. He endorsed Clinton, actually. nt |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. he predicted that Lee Harvey Oswald would be killed within 24 hours |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. This thread could be viewed as a little smart-assy...but I like the responses |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. He was born in the midwest. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. and HRC. New Yorkers just don't care. My friends there always refered to him as - |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Are you somehow suggesting that Moyniham was in any way a Liberal? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I think he defied conventional descriptions in a lot of ways |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. why should we do it without google? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Feel free to google |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. He was a Senator from New York |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You get a B+ |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lets see |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. You get a pass if you research him |
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Sunnyshine (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. He was an iconoclast in many ways. I had to do a report on him for Fresh. yr in college. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. He was in the Senate for years, and years and... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. ...his report |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. He was a nominal Democrat, he was an arsehole, he was responsible for |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. thats not how I remember him |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Certainly a supporter of the welfare state for corporations |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. heh....first thing that came to mind after bow tie was DINO |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. 1) worked in LBJ and Nixon white houses |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. k & r |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. 1) As ambassador to the UN... |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Good memory. Even further, while at the UN.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. He was overweight |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I think you just descried Tip O'Neill actually |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Ok that is ok |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. All politics is local was Tip O'Neill |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Wrote ridiculous analysis of Black families |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. The "ridiculous" analysis.... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here is an anecdote a friend of mine from New York used to tell comparing D'Amato to Moynihan |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ok |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. He was referred to as "the jewel of the United States Senate" |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. 2 things |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. He Grew Up in Hell's Kitchen |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Okay |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. 1. US Ambassador to UN during Ford Administration |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. So where was this thread heading? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. Why not just make your point, whatever it is? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. 1. D... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Without looking at the subject lines of the other replies... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
58. He wanted to raise the federal excise tax on ammunition... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. I could list |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. SO WHERE WAS THIS THREAD HEADING? |
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