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Posted on 06/01/2004 9:35:59 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
A man who wants so desperately to be President, should never be President.
"Bill must be Sauron..."
Eeewwww!--that's even creepier than Peter Jackson's version of Shelob :)
Morgoth is someone in the past... some great evil... Teddy Kennedy?
It would've been cool to remember the first moon landing. I wasn't even born then. What was hearing Nixon's resignation like?
"I found myself wondering if Bill was recognizing the opposite of himself."
Interesting take. Bill was the Anti-Reagan! :)
I was barely 16. I cried.
Somber
"Morgoth is someone in the past... some great evil... Teddy Kennedy?"
I was about to take a bite of my lunch when I read that and now I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts :) I think you're on the right track there. Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale also have to fit in there somewhere--Slinker and Stinker? :)
I haven't commented on it before, but yeah, I noticed that. ;)
I had a weird little light-bulb moment the other night, watching "The Hunt for Red October"
I had a moment like that a few years back, riding in a van through Dallas. The person driving was circling around, trying to find a particular hotel, when he turned left onto another street... as I was looking out the window it suddenly occured to me why everything looked so familiar: we were accidentally following the same route the Kennedy motorcade took in 1963...
Were you a conservative at the time? Did the Republicans even like Nixon (before Watergate?)
It's so nice to hear people here talk about these things. My parents have been, but even they regret having seen the 70s and 80s through liberal glasses. Hearing you guys talk about it is a learning experience.
They showed a clip of Reagan getting in the helicopter a few days ago and as I was watching it I felt like I was watching him go up to heaven.
That's... freaky. Really freaky.
*Sniff*
They're playing "Going Home".
I "campaigned" for Goldwater. ;-)
It was a different era, but yes, Republicans liked Nixon. Not in the same way as Reagan or G.W. Bush.
"A man who wants so desperately to be President, should never be President."
Definitely. One thing I liked about Eisenhower is that he had to practically be dragged into it. He wanted to quit his second term and let someone else run, because his heart was acting up, but he stayed on because others convinced him it would be good for the country. Sometimes I bet GW must feel like that--he must be under unbelievable stress.
"Nah, Teddy was in that other movie..."
Bo Shuda! :) I will not give up my favorite decoration, hohoho. . . [Jabba-Ted says as he gloats over beer can frozen in carbonite]
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