Posted on 08/21/2023 6:56:53 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
I agree. This concept of fighting a war with your hands tied is stupid, and directly attributable to the Left. It is why they cannot be trusted with the levers of power, then or now.
I had never considered that. Dean is a Leftist today, and was probably a cowardly Leftist back then. He could have willingly contributed.
“”””A Coast Guard buddy of mine used to be a cook at the San Clemente Coast Guard Station just down the street from where Nixon lived. He told me that Nixon used to walk the beach quite a bit and every now and then he’d stop into the station for a cup of coffee and a chat, mostly about sports. He said he was a nice guy, kind of regular.””””
Nixon was a sailor for 24 years, WWII in the Pacific and Naval Reserves.
Is that the one they called "Mo?" She was a prostitute? Is that a matter of verification or just urban legend?
Most progressives are. Progressives are still terrible people to have holding the levers of power. Woodrow Wilson oversaw the Red Scare. Progressive. Theodore Roosevelt was the very first progressive president.
Anti-communist is a common theme with them people, progressives. Other than a government-first outlook, the two ideologies are not compatible.
I remember those days. Left wing pimps and whores in office pandered to the dope addled hippie crowd.
Plus, Donna Reed was a Republican until her son hit draft age, then she switched and campaigned for McGovern.
Our mistake is to allow politicians (ruled by stupid voters) to be able to call the shots in wartime.
Yeah. Maureen (”Mo”).
From all I’ve heard she was a high-price “call girl” disguised as a political staffer.
520 EV, 61% popular vote.
No apology necessary.
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Maybe it would not surprise me.
Eh, I wouldn’t call TR the first progressive president. If anything, I’d consider Thomas Jefferson the first ACTUAL progressive president, especially going by Liberty the God that Failed and how he supported progressivism’s ancestor, the Jacobins.
He didn't have a choice.
When JFK took office 63% of all dollars were backed by gold. By the time Nixon got in office it was 25% and dwindling rapidly because while Americans could not exchange their dollars for gold foreign governments could and did. DeGaulle was one of the big offenders. He would exchange US dollars for gold at $35 an ounce and sell it back to us at $37 so we could redeem his dollars again and again and again.
Something had to be done.
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