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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeschloss tweet; The last time a POTUS tried to stage a 4th celebration for the RW only...
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Michael Beschloss ✔ @BeschlossDC
Protesters in Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool when Nixon tried to turn July 4, 1970, ceremony into Honor America Day with Bob Hope, Kate Smith, Pat Boone and New Christy Minstrels. Nixon never did it again:
6:50 PM - Jul 2, 2019
...are doomed to repeat it.
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Beschloss tweet; The last time a POTUS tried to stage a 4th celebration for the RW only... (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jul 2019
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lastlib
(22,981 posts)1. We need some very courageous Americans....
to do a "Tienanmen Square" and stand in front of tRump's tanks. That would be beyond awesome.
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)6. Tienanmen Square ended up with a good 10,000 protesters
being killed, according to both US and British intelligence at the time. And, 30 years later, the Chinese Communist Party still operates a one party dictatorship.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42465516
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)2. Oh those Baby Boomers! They just knew how to ruin everything
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)3. New Christy Minstrels?
Hotler
(11,353 posts)4. What a delightful story.
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)5. Seems like SHITLER wants to copycat Tricky Dick (except for the few good things).
Here's hoping he gets the full Tricky to the end!1