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What happened on election day was predicted back in 1976 :)
You Tube ^ | Aug 17, 2013 | lbtve

Posted on 11/12/2016 1:40:36 PM PST by George - the Other

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. ... I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' ... Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1976; finch; movie; network
A remarkable film then, and reality now.
1 posted on 11/12/2016 1:40:36 PM PST by George - the Other
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To: George - the Other
What happened on election day was predicted back in 1976 :)

Even before Youtube...in 1776!

2 posted on 11/12/2016 1:42:20 PM PST by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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1776. ...but ok.


3 posted on 11/12/2016 1:42:45 PM PST by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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I would have loved that slogan for the campaign LOL


4 posted on 11/12/2016 1:43:53 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Thanks. That was worth watching and I’d be a liar if I didn’t admit it had an impact.


6 posted on 11/12/2016 1:48:30 PM PST by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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Throw your TV out of the window. You will be better informed and smarter.


7 posted on 11/12/2016 1:52:12 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Gold and Silver are real money. Everything else is a derivative)
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Howard Beale was right. That movie would never be made today . . . I’m surprised it was made period.


8 posted on 11/12/2016 2:09:22 PM PST by Oratam
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But to liberals, the ‘mad as hell’ speech is supposed to be directed at fat cat Republicans. The Dem little guy says he’s mad as Hell at the rich Republican. When its the other way around, they aren’t so for it.


9 posted on 11/12/2016 2:10:14 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Back in ‘76 I preferred Travis Bickle’s approach. “Here is someone who stood up”.


10 posted on 11/12/2016 3:07:39 PM PST by DickBrannigan (When did logic become reversed, and right became wrong, and wrong became right?)
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Az0okaHig


11 posted on 11/12/2016 4:24:56 PM PST by boknows
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