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Those are a bunch of hippy pipe dreams that have no relation to Kennedy's actual policies and their consistencies with previous and future administrations.

Yeah, Bobby never gets elected imo. I do think the civil rights movement happens regardless because it was something that should have occurred long before.

The rise of drug use and dealing and what not still was going to happen eventually, although a different President may have been elected after a 2nd Kennedy term and handled it differently policy wise (less militarization of police) but at the time what other options did they have but to try to arrest people, stop the pipelines, and try to stifle the violence. Although, in hindsight the WOD's has definitely made things worse. Especially, when all the CIA involvement came to light.

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Posted by ragincajun03

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:03 pm to BorrisMart

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The rise of drug use and dealing and what not still was going to happen eventually, although a different President may have been elected after a 2nd Kennedy term and handled it differently policy wise (less militarization of police) but at the time what other options did they have but to try to arrest people, stop the pipelines, and try to stifle the violence. Although, in hindsight the WOD's has definitely made things worse.

War on Drugs is one of those things that to me, hindsight makes people more willing to declare it should have never taken place. Sort of like all the teams that didn’t draft Tom Brady through 5 1/2 rounds.

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Posted by caleb07

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:50 pm to ragincajun03

No conspiracy, all evidence pointed at Oswald for the murder of JFK.

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Posted by upgrade

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:53 pm to Tiger Ryno

Sometimes I wonder how our country would have turned out had Lincoln lived.
Some say Johnson was much harder on the South than Lincoln would have been, along with his corruption.

Even McKinley. No one wanted Roosevelt to be president. If McKinley had lived, Teddy might not have even been president.

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Posted by Hurricane Mike

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:10 pm to The Spleen

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the guy that championed his progressive side would side with the part today that demonizes progressives.

Don’t be a retard and you won’t get demonized

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Posted by shawnlsu

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:23 pm to Tiger Ryno

That and the MLK assasination were the first 2 major public figures killed by the SWAMP. They've done it ever since all over the world.
I'd like to think JFK and MLK would have fought the swamp, but they were killed because of it.

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Posted by WinnaSez

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Posted on 4/21/22 at 12:46 am to ragincajun03

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Would Lyndon Johnson, one of the worst Presidents we’ve ever had, and one of the worst human being to have held that office, become President.

Bobby Kennedy did not want LBJ on the ticket with Jack in ‘64. There were 2 other prominent Southern democrats that were seriously considered as replacements for LBJ. I don’t remember who, dang getting old sucks.
I do remember that the Kennedy’s HATED Lyndon Johnson and vice versa. I will go to my grave believing that Johnson was a major player in the Kennedy assassination.
He hated Bobby more, so who knows, ole Lyndon might have done him in too. Ha.

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