Members Khan Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Exactly. We are so screwed. Edited January 20, 2017 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 So it's being reported that at the concert tonight 10,000 people showed up. Compared to Obama 2009 where the weather is miserable as anything, 400,000 attendees 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 he only got 10,000 to show up? how Kellyanne will spin this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Ironically, Ted didn't start out wanting to be in politics. Ted originally expressed desires of becoming a businessman, perhaps owning a pro-football team or newspaper. However, Papa Joe said he needed to "get serious". Meaning, of course, he needed to get involved in politics and help build Joe's grand vision of an Irish Catholic political family dynasty. Once he started his political career, Ted grew into the public servant that Americans still admire (personal scandals notwithstanding). But I don't know whether the same would have awaited JFK Jr. had he become a politician as well. No matter how good he might have been, he always would have paled in comparison to Jack and Bobby. Edited January 20, 2017 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 See? I told you we'd have something to smile about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 Trump is burning about this, just as he surely is about the pitiful inauguration line-up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) But look for FOB to tweet about the "record-breaking crowds". Good. Edited January 20, 2017 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) My mother (who didn't think she'd live to see a black man become President, and who worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign before he was killed) didn't even want him to be out in the open on Election Night for long. I was also nervous. Edited January 20, 2017 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Edited January 20, 2017 by JaneAusten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) If Benghazi and the Damn E-mails were insurmountable obstacles for Team Hillary, I can only imagine what Chappaquiddick was for Team Teddy. Edited January 20, 2017 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 Tomorrow is going to be a catch up on the things that didn't get done during the week and then Netflix kind of day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 I have about 15 screwball comedies I need to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 I can't imagine what that was like (for him or for her family). I used to read a lot of TV/gossip magazines from the '60s and '70s and the ones from 1969 had gone from fun, lighthearted stories (and sure a bit of tawdriness and a whole lot of misogyny) to Manson, the murder of the Lennon sisters' father, and Chappaquidick. I wonder what the average housewife felt about the world when they saw those on sale. I wasn't trying to knock his career in public service, but this and the 1980 campaign show his heart was never in the spotlight that burned him any time he came close. For many years people tried to idealize the consequences of two men in their prime being gunned down, but it pretty much just wrecked generations of that family. Nothing to glorify about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 Don't forget Decades TV Network. Constant repeats of all of the televised inaugurations, Eisenhower to Obama. I watched Carters and GWB's first today and both brought tears to my eyes. First thing Carter did was to thank President Ford for leading our country back through the dark times to a place of integrity. Imagine seeing that today. And even GWB's first address thanked Gore for a spirited campaign and an ending which gave meaning to the words dignity and honor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 20, 2017 Members Share Posted January 20, 2017 My mother always watched the inaugurals, she wanted to this year as well out of respect for the office and to see Jimmy Carter, but she said she just can't this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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