1968....2006... - Democratic Underground

Javaman

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:27 PM
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1968....2006...

You know, with everything that is rumbling around in the nation and the world recently, I'm getting this overwhelming feeling of deja vu'. It's beginning to look something like 1968 again. In a political way that is.

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AX10

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:27 PM
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1. I agree. Though, in 1968, we lost the White House.

Edited on Mon Nov-07-05 05:01 PM by AX10

I hope to make only gains in 06' and in 08'!

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villager

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:27 PM
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2. Paris riots bringing back "May, '68" thoughts?

Yeah, me too...

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Village Idiot

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:28 PM
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3. 1968+Absolute Apathy=2006.

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SoCalDem

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:30 PM
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4. This coming Tuesday night.. a must watch documentary

on PBS.. "The Sixties"..check your station for time...

Kids of today have NO IDEA how 1968 played out.. What we have now is really child's play considering...

There was a real possibility of revolution in the air back then

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electropop

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:32 PM
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5. The revolution was aborted by assasinations.

Let's not forget the evil the GOP is capable of. They killed Kennedy, King, and Kennedy. They anthraxed Daschle and other top Dems. It's time for our leaders to take extreme precautions, lest our (peaceful and law-abiding this time) revolution be violently aborted again.

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spanone

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:34 PM
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6. You'd think we'd be smarter.......naaa

Edited on Mon Nov-07-05 04:34 PM by spanone

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tx_dem41

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:47 PM
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7. In a political way, 1968 wasn't a great year for the Democrats....

and it got worse for us after that. Thank goodness for Watergate.

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WI_DEM

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Mon Nov-07-05 04:49 PM
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8. I think it's beginning to look more like '94

General discontent with the Democratic congress and the president (at that time) which brought a heavy swing towards the GOP gaining 52 seats in the house and winning both the house and senate. I feel the same discontent now with the GOP and their president and feel that we could see as huge a swing as we did in '94. It's worth remembering that in '68 even though there was strong discontent in the air that Democrats did win control of both houses of Congress and we only lost the presidential race by a narrow margin.

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AX10

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Mon Nov-07-05 05:01 PM
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9. I agree.

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AX10

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Mon Nov-07-05 05:24 PM
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10. Also, the Democrats have more seats than the GOP had in 94'.

1994-2000 House Results
http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-house-election-1994
http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-house-election-1996
http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-house-election-1998
http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-house-election-2000

Democrats can gain 30-40 seats if things go well.

As you can see, the last time the Democrats were below 200 seats in the House was 1928.

http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-house-election-1928

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