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Great points, and it could happen. A couple of differences that could be big though: Democrats controlled Congress through the 70's so they could be blamed by the right. And Vietnam had ended by then, and the "Dems wouldn't let us finish the job" line had already started. This time around Republicans have full ownership of the mess and an ongoing war that everyone wants to end.

by danps (dan at pruningshears (dot) us) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 08:20:31 AM EST
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Well in that case it will be "we were just on the point of turning it around and winning, when the dems betrayed us"

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 08:39:22 AM EST
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Two things we didn't have back then were the Internet and ... catch this ... ET. I don't expect the US media (other than Olbermann and Amy Goodman) to keep accurate score on what causes what (soaring higher prices and shortages finally hitting the US marketplace, as an example) but ET could be a GREAT source of commentary, being economics based and all.

Question for you folks: Has ET's influence noticeably spread to either Olbermann's or Goodman's telecasts?

by THE Twank (paszeski__aaaaaaatttttt__yahoo.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 10:45:31 AM EST
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