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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:43 AM Original message |
Was There A More Polarizing President Than Richard Nixon? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Even as polarizing as Nixon was, Ford just barely lost in '76. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Even As Polarizing As He Was He Won 61% Of The Votes And Forty Nine States |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Abraham Lincoln n/t |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He Was Hated For The Wrong Reasons IMHO |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You win. |
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LuvMyPorsche (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. deffo |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Of course. We've got the most wretched polarizer now. George W. Shrub. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That's A Great Point |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And, of course, there is a common thread between these three Great Polarizers. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes...Good Point |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ummm....The Chimperor? nt |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. You mean, other than the current megalomaniac? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I Don't Know What People Saw In Him |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. well Cheney has been pretty polorizing...I mean Bush... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Jeepers |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am trying to imagine |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. He Also Started The First Affirmative Action Program |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Please! Nixon DID NOT create the EPA! The Democratic controlled Congress did! |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reagan. Nobody really "liked" Nixon; they LOVED Reagan |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't remember Dems hating Nixon at the time...they just knew he'd be "bad news." |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. They Hated Nixon Because He Was A Red Baiter |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Calvin Coolidge |
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