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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:26 PM Original message |
Who was the first president you remember? |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reagan unfortunately |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Reagan for me too. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. Reagan for me as well |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nixon. I vaguely remember the Watergate hearings, and being upset that they pre-empted |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I remember Cronkite at dinner time |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yeah. Too bad he didn't have Ford's inspiring sense of decency. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. His daughter Susan was pretty cool |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Aren't they two simply beautiful girls? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. I remember Cronkite and Dan Rather |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
97. You must be the same age as me - that's my early reason for hating Republicans |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #97 |
109. 1968. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember Eisenhower... |
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Katidid (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. I remember Eisenhower too |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I remember Eisenhower, we went on a field trip to DC |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nixon was the first president I remember |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think that may wind up being the most important part of this election |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kennedy |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Eisenhower |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Honestly, it was Carter. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Excellent! |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. One of my parents' favorite stories about me is from the '72 Dem Convention. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
104. You know, that's a really good question! |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. FDR is the one i remember. z |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. FDR memories here, too. (eom) |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. Same here, but I only really remember when he died. n/t |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ike |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. JFK |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That isn't so old |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Man, *that's* perspective! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. This just in... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Too bad he couldn't win a freakin' ball game for us |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kennedy. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. JFK would be 91 if alive today |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. And he'd be drinking in Berlin with Elvis. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nixon. I remember doing that second grader poll, and him being the only choice I knew |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nixon. I remember doing that second grader poll, and him being the only choice I knew |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. poppy bush |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. 12 years of Bushes in your young life |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. As a kid, I wrote a letter to Ford... |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. Remember Carter... Met Reagan NT |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. I remember Truman a bit. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. JFK, sadly because he got shot. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Of all childhood first presidential memories |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Me too. I was 8. n/t |
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buzzycrumbhunger (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
56. JFK here, too |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
105. Me too - I was 3 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. JFK |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. eisenhower-- although I remember Kennedy much better.... |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. The first memory I have OF a president is JFK |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. old bush |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Reagan, nt |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
41. Ford ... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. Truman |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes. |
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dawgmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. Kennedy -- but really, only the funeral |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. Reagan very, very vaguely |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
46. Nixon... but he was elected on my borthday and I was |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
47. Simpatico, ZombyWoof. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
48. George H.W. Bush |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. JFK n/t |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. LBJ |
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srhuddle (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'm almost embarrassed to say Clinton... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. Mondale vs. Reagan was when I realized what exactly a president was. Before that it was like... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. Theodor Körner |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
57. Eisenhower. nt |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
59. FDR. The only thing I remember about him is the day he died. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I remember when he died, so I've been around as long as you. n/t |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
60. Reagan (nt) |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. Johnson |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
62. Ike |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. LBJ. |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
64. Jimmy Carter. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
66. Ford |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
67. Nixon. nt |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
68. Reagan. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. Of the US: Nixon. Of Brazil: a RW military junta ghoul who doesn't deserve being mentioned. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
70. LBJ |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
71. I remember Watergate cause my family and friends up from Washington staying |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
73. Nixon - I can recall both of my parents proudly voting against him |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
74. Reagan. n/t |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
76. Nixon was my first as well |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
77. Kennedy |
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deepthought42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
78. Sigh...G.H.W.B. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. The Smurfs are still important! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
79. Reagan |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
80. Reagan. Ugh. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
81. Ford. nt |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
82. JFK |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
83. carter |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
84. I vividly remember it |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
85. Raygun |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
86. "My fellow Americans, let me make one thing perfectly clear..." |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
87. Jimmy Carter |
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panhead1961 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
89. LBJ - I thought he talked funny (I lived in NH) |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
90. GHW Bush |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
91. I was a stupid kid |
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Cymbaline68 (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Nixon |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
94. Ford |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
95. I remember Nixon resigning... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
96. JFK. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
98. Dwight David Eisenhower. |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
99. Bush Senior |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
100. Nixon |
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kittykatkoffeekup (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
101. Chevy Chase |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
102. Clinton |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
103. Either Poppy Bush or Bill Clinton... |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
106. Reagan |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
107. Nixon, unfortunately. (NT) |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
108. Nixon. |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
110. I vaguely remember LBJ on TV |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
111. Truman - I'm an old goat! DRAT! |
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