MORE Hearts! Thank You, Secret Admirers!

[damonm]

Wish I was this popular in HS...:)

[politicasista]

1. Thanks for the extra heart

whoever you are. :hi:

And I am not the most popular or prolific poster here. :)

[AtomicKitten]

2. Ya, this looks like a good place to thank those responsible for my hearts. I heart you too!

edited for a proper thank you:

[DesertRat]

3. Thanks to my secret admirers

I love my candy hearts. :) :hi:

[JaneQPublic]

4. Thanks to mine, as well!

It was a very sweet surprise at the end of a long day.

Thank you!

[JaneQPublic]

11. Thanks two more times, for the "smile" and "hello"!

You folks make my day!

:grouphug:

[yourguide]

5. Thanks so much to who ever game me mine too.

I was about this popular in high school.

xoxoxoxox.

[Honeycombe8]

6. Your sig line re Johnson.... Johnson may have been a lot of things, but he IS the one

who got the Civil Rights Act passed. He pushed it.

About Vietnam, he refused to leave, it's true. But he didn't get us into Vietnam. Kennedy did.

Why else do you dislike Johnson?

[damonm]

8. Johnson...

Many people on this board have questioned my dislike of Lyndon Johnson as expressed in my sig line, pointing - correctly - to things like the Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as reasons not to do so. People have pointed out to me, again correctly, that Kennedy got us into Vietnam, so that was not Johnson's fault. I disagree strongly.

What they miss was that Kennedy was also ready to get us OUT after the Diem government fell. The day before he left on the trip that would take his life, he is reported to have said: "When I get back, we'd better be ready to answer some hard questions about just what we're trying to accomplish there (Vietnam). It may just be time to cut our losses."

Johnson pushed ESCALATION of the Vietnam war based on a LIE (the "Tonkin Gulf Incident" that never happened). We excoriate Bush for lying us into war, as well we SHOULD, but Johnson gets a pass when his decision killed FAR more young Americans? Not from me, thanks.

And it gets worse.

Johnson's dishonesty in escalating and prosecuting the war brought about the "Credibility Gap", which in turn brought about the counterculture. The counterculture fractured the New Deal Coalition, and began to alienate the blue-collar labor voters that had been Democratic bread & butter - the civil disorder, street protests, anti-American rhetoric, and seeming anarchy drove those voters straight into Nixon's "Silent Majority" - which became the Reagan Democrats.
Exacerbating this was that Johnson, having expended his political capital on Vietnam, had none left to fix the flaws in the Great Society - flaws the GOP seized upon as "excesses of liberalism", which solidified their hold on the hardworking voter.
This damage is ONLY NOW being repaired, as the economy begins to force a reforging of the coalition FDR built.

As I've said elsewhere - if all Johnson did was the Great Society and the Civil Rights Act, I'd honor him, and he'd deserve it. But on balance, I can't, because the tragedy of Vietnam has led to the mess we find ourselves in now. It led to 40 years of Republican ascendancy in American politics, the disastrous consequences of which we are only BEGINNING to experience, much less reverse. That ONE decision, based on a LIE, has led to utter, unmitigated disaster.

I can't call LBJ a good president. He meant so well, but DID so badly...

[renate]

7. it REALLY made my day to get one

Whether that has anything to do with the fact that I never got anything like this in high school, I don't know... :)

It was a lovely thing for someone to do. I love DU :grouphug: and I love whoever was sweet enough to give me a heart :loveya:

[Siyahamba]

9. I K&Red a post, and then found a "K&R" heart later

That was pretty awesome :)

[Viking12]

10. I'll express my thanks here as well.

I was taken by surprise. I've been around here for quite a while but visit/post infrequently. I seem to get one every year. I always wonder if it's the same person and does that person have some sort of cybercrush or something. It's kind of flattering if that's the case, so I'll hold onto that explanation over other possibilities :blush:

[ObamaKerryDem]

12. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank mine as well..

Whoever you are, lol..:hug:

[ecstatic]

13. I would like to thank whoever gave me hearts too :)

:yourock:

[Hellataz]

14. Thank you to mine Secret Admirer as well, that was sweet

though the message "this is hugh" has confused me.

[Beacool]

15. Thanks for mine too!!!!!!

Thank you very much for all my hearts. Hugs to all who gave them to me!!!

:grouphug:

I had 10 hearts to give. I wonder if the recipients can guess who gave them to them.

:evilgrin:

[Kaylee]

16. Thank you! Whoever you are...I feel loved.

:hi:

[Greyskye]

17. Same here. Wish I'd been this popular in High School.

[mikiturner]

18. Perhaps the title should be changed to 'Secret Admirer Thank You' Thread

Thanks whoever sent mine!

[JayMusgrove]

19. I got one, too, the other day.

Thanks to my secret fan!!!!!!!! Whoever s/he is!!!! (I think I know, maybe!)

[Libby2]

20. Thank you very much for the heart.

[DevonRex]

21. Thanks DangerMouse and my secret admirers! You lifted my spirits!

[DeeDeeNY]

22. I want to thank mine too!!

:hi:

[President Decider]

23. I sure hope this stimulus has some assistance for my heart fund. I need help ....