Yikes! It just occurred to me...if JFK were running, some DU people

[Raven]

would be talking about the tunnel from the White House to the Vatican and swearing they'd actually seen it being dug or driven through it.:eyes:

[Cleita]

1. I think they did talk about it back then from what I remember. LOL! n/t

[Radical Activist]

They'd probably be writing more about his family scandals

and complaining that he isn't liberal enough.
Oh, and he lacks experience.

[jlake]

2. I don't know about that, but I'd be supporting Humphrey.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

22. Your post brings to mind a related question I've been pondering...

when I was posting about how my parents campaigned for Kennedy. I started wondering why, since organized labor was by far the most important issue in our household (Dad being a Machinist who later became a union rep) and Humphrey, whom they loved, was by far the progressive champion of workers' rights. Did my folks get swept up by Kennedy's charisma? They were such pragmatists I can't imagine so. Or was it that my mother was so dedicated to the Catholic Church (at that point in her life) that she would put aside every other consideration to help a Catholic gain the White House? Why am I asking you, lol. Well, they're both long gone now and I never thought to ask them while I had the chance. Just something I've been chewing over while wondering who they would have gone with in this primary...

[jlake]

24. Interesting questions. & I wish you had answers.

[rug]

3. I wonder what the LBJ Forum would look like.

[Alexander]

4. All under the guise of "Nixon will use this in the general election..."

:eyes:

[Nailzberg]

5. Proud Stevenson supporter here. If JFK wins, the party is ruined. I'll be voting Nixon.

This Kennedy guy has no experience.

:eyes:

[LowerManhattanite]

17. LOL!

And a few minutes ago, I cited Adlai, Humphrey and Muskie in reference to this whole “take my toys and go home” attitude in this thread.

[pinto]

6. At the time, it was a topic du jour, yet JFK addressed it well, directly.

[thoughtcrime1984]

7. He'd be slaughtered on here.

How dare he try to keep Hillary from her rightful office.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. He would be slaughtered for running from the Right

He out flanked Nixon from the right by raising an alarm about a so called "missile gap" with the Soviets, that quietly went away after JFK won. A lot of DUers would have wanted to give Adlai Stevenson another run at it. We really get attached to candidates after they first win our loyalty.

And I like both JFK and Stevenson by the way.

[thoughtcrime1984]

19. "We really get attached to candidates after they first win our loyalty."

I agree with that statement, and, all in all, Sen. Obama has maintained my enthusiasm for our nation's future with him leading it. I think anything that he has said that is considered pandering to the right will be forgotten, as he will show his true liberal colors in office. He is not the conservative that some paint him to be, just as JFK was not. So many are not willing to give Obama a chance, what if we had never given JFK the chance?

[Drunken Irishman]

8. JFK is high on hope, short on substance.

Vote Senator Humphrey, he has the experience to lead from day one.

Kennedy has only been in the senate 7 years. Humphrey has been there for 15. Kennedy is an empty suit, peddling false hope. If you want someone who can actually get it done, Humphrey is you guy!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

9. War heroes aren't short on substance.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. So McCain is a substance candidate and Clinton is not?

[rug]

14. McCain bombed people from 10,000 feet and spent 7 years in prison.

Kennedy swam miles towing a injured crewman.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Oh I agree, but he's considered a war hero.

And, as our proud friend stated, that automatically means you're a candidate of substance.

[Alexander]

15. LOL! Good one.

[tritsofme]

11. No reason to tear down HHH to make a point about Obama.

Humphrey was a great man who would have made a wonderful president.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Did I say he wasn't?

It was a joke, calm down.

[Indenturedebtor]

18. LOL too true

"I dont trust his message of hope and optimism. We need someone who is a part of the establishment that has betrayed us all these years. Only he/she can work with them for our benefit... she will bring them to our side."

On edit: them to our side hahahah Mythbusters has me distracted :P

[Political Heretic]

20. Three cheers for mythbusters!!

Love that show.

[truedelphi]

21. Wasn't there an Enquirer Tabloid about

How JFK WAS still alive but living in the Vatican for safety reasons?

And I think a tunnel from the WH was somehow involved. Don't remember if the tunnel employed alien beings from alternate galaxies.

[Blue-Jay]

23. Luckily, DU isn't a major force in American politics.

[Straight Shooter]

25. Nope. They'd be talking about his bootlegging daddy.

And how JFK bought Chicago.

[TreasonousBastard]

26. Besides JFK being a tool of the Vatican, inexperienced,...

and a DINO, his wife was too much the French model and his family fortune came from bootlegging every bottle of Scotch coming in during Prohibition. Besides, he cheated on his hot wife. What kinda guy would fool around when he had Jackie at home? What will the Republicans say about that kinda stuff?

Oh, and his Senate seat was bought with that Scotch money.

Vote Gus Hall!

(or Harold Stassen)

[ErnestoG]

27. If JFK had ever endorsed Obama, some DUers would be cheering Oswald.

..as is obvious over the past couple of weeks.

[davsand]

28. If Jesus was running he wouldn't be liberal enough either.

I love the DU community, but I realized early on that most of us are WAY far left of the mainstream.

Things like PNAC and LIHOP are completely not a part of most Dem's everyday vocabulary, and DLC means next to nothing in most places. I will say that I honestly think that Carter and Bill Clinton would have faced a similar fate on here had DU been around at the time.

YMMV.



Laura

[Straight Shooter]

29. Marilyn Monroe would be on YouTube as "Kennedy Girl" ... n/t