Iraq unravels!

[bobabode]

IIRC most of those names on the 'Nam wall were from the Nixon era.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Texan? I thought you was a yankee from Balamore.

Ain't no Yankees in my hometown, only Orioles.

Home now is Wilshire Heights in East Dallas.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I was quite apolitical at the time, but was able to recognize an unprincipled snake oil salesman when I saw one.

I was apolitical right up until 2000.

Too caught up with the whole wife, kids, dog, cat, job, mortgage and credit card bills to do anything other than tune in about 3 days before the election and base my vote on whatever 30 second sound bite pushed the right button for me.

In other words I was the perfect target for the right wing propaganda machine.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I think Reagan and Dubya both did significant long-term damage to the country. On balance, the criminal Nixon administration probably did more good than harm to the country.

I think the way Tricky Dick's administration ended in dishonor and disgrace set the stage for Reagan. Add to that Carter's demeanor and look what we got ...

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by bobabode

IIRC most of those names on the 'Nam wall were from the Nixon era.

Nixon was President when I got sent there, but I knew the war was Johnson's fuck up.

I was young and dumb, but not that young and dumb.

Blaming Nixon for Vietnam is like blaming Obama for Iraq.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by nailer

Ain't no Yankees in my hometown, only Orioles.

I've heard stories about those denizens of Baltimore tossing rotten cabbages and bricks at the Union troop trains rolling through the city from parts north. Tough bunch in that town. Too bad Fell's Point has been all gentrified since the '70's.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I was apolitical right up until 2000.

...

In other words I was the perfect target for the right wing propaganda machine.

You still are, you just don't know it. (insert pic)

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by nailer

You still are, you just don't know it. (insert pic)

I was about to cut you a break nailer.

But you missed that brass ring.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by nailer

Can I still be a bush buddy too?

You still haven't explained your Obama/Osama slip up, let alone your sucking Popi Bush's dick like a vacuum cleaner.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Nixon was President when I got sent there, but I knew the war was Johnson's fuck up.

I was young and dumb, but not that young and dumb.

Blaming Nixon for Vietnam is like blaming Obama for Iraq.

Considering that Nixon ran on ending the war in 'Nam and then proceeded to add almost 35,000 names of yours and my generation to the Wall. I guess we will have to agree to disagree on Tricky Dick's accomplishments in that respect.