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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:27 AM Original message |
Question for DU'ers ... 50 years old and over only.... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bush Sr. converted me |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
135. I remember Eisenhower people being simpleminded but it took |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not quite 50, but Wallace/Le May sweeping the south in 1968 |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I would also say 1972 |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. Under ten? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Very political family. Wallace and Nixon were like the boogy man. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. God, yes. Wallace/LeMay. |
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indypaul (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
96. Have to agree |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #96 |
119. I agree, 1968. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
107. Oh I agree 1972 was my tipping point too! |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. In college also when a fellow student said he'd vote for Reagan because it |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Same here. Reagan was the beginning of |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nixon and his "secret plan to end the war" |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
75. and we're hearing it again...McNutsy's secret plan to get Bin Laden. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
105. They keep recycling this crap |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
168. Nixon bothered me, but I wasn't paying close attention back then. reagan REALLY |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm a few years under 50, but it hit me when Poppy Bush was elected. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. When so few people questioned who killed Kennedy |
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grandpappy (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Johnson Years |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:39 AM Original message |
Welcome to DU... interesting response since Johnson was elected |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. 1984 -Reagan Re-Election |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
183. that was the tipping point for me as well n/t |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. It was how close the Ford Carter campaign ended up... |
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WA98296 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Reagan, exactly like you described. |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Raygun's re-election in '84 depressed me badly |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. Frankly, |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Reagan... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nixon 1968. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yup. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Same here. When I saw the Repukes able to convince America that a man ... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Agreed. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Nixon in '68 |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
114. double yep.... |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
118. That was it. Nixoink - 1968 |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
120. With ya on that. First time had foreboding in my spirit. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
155. Same here. My 19th birthday. |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
157. Yes. Nixon in 68. I remember vividly. |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. I haven't been that politically involved, so I have to admit it was 2000. My first vote was for |
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abbiehoff (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm 60, and I think it had to be Nixon in 1972. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. "...I can't help but think even the profoundly stupid will notice." |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
117. I'm with you on that one. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. Nixon. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. I Saw It With "Nixon's The One" |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. May Have Felt Like That In College In The '60s |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Good points. My post was directed at the subjective experience of |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. My Response |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I hear ya.... dumb is a relative/subjective term here. |
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abbiehoff (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. But some of them really are dumb. |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I Agree That Voters Have Crazy Reasons For Voting |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
84. I don't think this is dumb |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
109. Excellent Post |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. Reagan broke the spirit of the Democratic Party; Obama mended it. |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. Kennedy/Nixon...and has only escalated since then. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. I would say that it started when the network |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. 1980 Carter-Reagan for me too, although it had the opposite effect on me. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
64. Thanks for that... You know, I may walk away too if we don't win this one... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. Nixon 1968. I hadn't a clue how anyone could vote for him and when he was reelected |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nixon I had three brothers in |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. When the Warren Report came out.... |
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techtrainer (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Ditto |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. August 1968, Chicago |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. I was only 14 when Reagan was elected, but that shocked the hell out of me. |
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Misskittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. Clearly by '80 and Reagan, though Nixon '72 shocked me. n/t |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Four factors, the growth of hate radio, the Bill Clinton impeachment, the 2000 election and Iraq War |
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BigAnth (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. "4 More Years!" - Nixon in 1972 |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. A little after November 1963. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. 1968, when I was living in New Mexico and became aware how many Wallace supporters there were |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. That must have been an awakening....... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
179. Many white New Mexicans, at least in the part where I was, identified with the deep South |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. Fucking NIXON. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Nixon |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
134. Hearing crowds chanting "We want Nixon" "We want Nixon" |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. When Ronald Reagan said, "Everybody who can remember what they were doing on Aug. 8, 1985, |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. Same here. Reagan over Carter. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. IMO, the trend started in 1972, and . . . |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. The first time I noticed it |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Secret Plan indeed....sounds like the McNutsy secret plan to get Bin Laden. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. I never noticed the similarity before. Thanks. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
125. Very good point. Nicely put, also. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. Nixon |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. Definitely Reagan. That's when star power became more important |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. When Ford pardoned Nixon. I know that there were plenty of people thinking, "WTF?", but that's when |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Thanks for that ... I was 16 at the time and in my teenage mind... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. I was older, in my mid-twenties, and I was appalled and angered. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Best post of the day. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. Thank you so much! |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
94. I think you have it |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
138. That was a watershed moment, not unlike the recent - Pelosi declaring "Impeachment is off the table" |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. Reagan. I was stunned people would vote for him. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Hey... how about some DU love and some recs here... I think this belongs |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. Honestly, part of me wants to say Nixon, but in reality |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Yes..."The Moral Majority"... as I recall |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Moral Majority...yep that was it |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. Nixon 1972.........n/t |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
67. Reagan did it. Too bad Hollywood didn't think that highly of his |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. not quite 50, but yes - Reagan, 1980 |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
71. I don't agree we are getting dumber. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Thanks. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
76. 1968 |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. A first solid rumor of a dumbed-down culture for me came from an |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Excellent Post !!!! |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
79. I'm not quite 50, but I'll answer anyway |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
81. There were straws in the wind in the 70s. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. This is worthy of its own post....excellent. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Thanks! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. No...just an SP....I'll correct |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Don't feel bad, you're not alone! |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #81 |
174. Sorry to jump into this thread since I'm only 40 |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
82. I've often speculated that Mario Cuomo did not seek the presidency in 1992 |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I agree...Mario was the pinata of NYC hate radio then... Bob Grant specifically. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Yes. And what a lost opportunity. How very, very good he would |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
113. I have always regretted Mario did not run. He would have been |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
88. This is one of the most thoughtful questions I've seen asked on |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
129. Thanks...appreciate it. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
89. I imagine the Reagan win had to be even harder for Dems than most... |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. not quite.... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. 525 to 13. Yikes. |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
93. When Bush selected Quayle as VP... and still got elected (nt) |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
95. 1967 I became politicized |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. WOW... The Summer of Love... and you were in SF ... that's a great setting |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
98. I'm 51. Voters are not dumbed down. They've been tricked by very clever propaganda |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
100. Definitely 1968. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. Amen |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
101. I'm only 48, but I'm with you: Reagan over Carter. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
104. 1980. I was stunned that Reagan won. I knew the country was |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Carter was trashed relentlessly in his administration. A sick twist of irony, though.. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. They'd use Manson's "Helter Skeltor" Doctrine if it served them. |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
110. I was in the college bar waiting for the 1980 election results. My roommate was pol.sci . major |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
111. I am 43 but I knew it was when Reagan was voted in. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
112. Not until 1984. I figured after 4 years of Bonzo's film partner fucking things up, people would wise |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
115. I didn't begin to see it as a lasting trend until, about the time the comedy |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
116. Nov 4, 1980. |
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fifthoffive (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
121. The re-election |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
122. I noticed a drift to "the right" in 1968, almost as reaction to the Chicago convention. |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
123. roughly the same time |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
124. Definitely Reagan was the tip-off |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. Yes.. dumb as a rock and a reflection of her base. |
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AnotherDreamWeaver (917 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
126. Late 1967 or early '68, I was in the Navy stationed in Cam Ranh Bay |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
127. It was 1968 for me. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
128. All great answers on this thread. |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
130. I'm 53... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
131. Under-50 disruptor here ... Anderson/Reagan debate. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
133. 1952 I guess -- I was a 5 year old Stevenson fan |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #133 |
172. But Ike was smart |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #172 |
185. Nobody I knew in 1956 would have agreed Ike was smart |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
136. 1960 - eighth grade - Half the class thought JFK would donate the country to the Pope. nt |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. I remember my 5th grade teacher rooting for Nixon and crying a river |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
137. I remember, very clearly, in the '80's . . . I realized that I had more |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
139. Reagan/GWBush |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
140. I'd attribute it to a combination of television, esp. the Republican intruduction of ad techniques |
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comanche12 (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
141. Birth of People Magazine 1974 |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
142. Been there and came back around... |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #142 |
156. call me a cake and eat it person, but I want a democracy with an educated electorate and a strong |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #156 |
163. Then you're likely to be disappointed. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
143. Stevenson vs. Eisenhower I 1952 |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. "sat shiva for over 50 years" ....classic line !! |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
144. And another… |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
147. Couldn't care less until I learned what the Warren Commision was really all about... |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
148. I agree, it started with Reagan as far as I could tell |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. I first saw "Dumbfuckistan" used in a post here in DU a while back... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
150. Reagan I would agree. My family was always involved in politics |
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progressiveforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
151. Reagan over Carter...then Bush over Kerry solidified |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
152. It was Reagan |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
153. Reagan |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
154. I noticed it in 10th grade back in 1969.. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
158. The actual slide was when Nixon got in the 2nd time,,,, |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
159. Kick for the Night Shift and thanks to everyone for your responses !! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
160. I think of it as more of a gradual thing of about 20-30 years. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
161. How could have Nixon actually got re-elected? |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
162. 1968 or there abouts...we could kill off hope and replace it with dispare. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
164. Nixon '68 was a bad choice in a horrible time. But Nixon '72 was another matter entirely. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #164 |
167. I remember the bumpersticker-- |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #167 |
171. I had another one on my bass case in 1974: |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #171 |
178. Omigod! How could I have forgotten that one? n/t |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
165. Call me a political naif |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
166. The Reagan administration was subversive and criminal |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
169. Nixon, when he campaigned to end the Viet Nam war to get reelected |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
170. 1980, Reagan. That's when it went to a new level. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
173. 1968 |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
175. It was the same for me. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
176. Dropped out of college in Jan 1981 as reagan was being inaugurated. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
177. McCain as president and Congress Democratic |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
180. To be honest I never noticed ... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
181. Same for me... |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
182. between 74 and 75 |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
184. I think it was in first grade |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
186. 1980 for me |
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