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To: socal_parrot

Hmmm. The WABC radio presentation just said that the North Vietnamese scored a military victory in Tet '68. And that was why LBJ decided not to run for reelection. Eugene McCarthy was said to be the beneficiary if not the secondary cause for that abdication (Tet being the prime).

The Viet Cong & North Vietnam won in the hearts (and souls, it is hoped) of news presenters, but even NVN generals & Ho himself admitted they lost except in American news circles - jerks. Thence in hearts/minds of the American herd of citizenry.


19 posted on 12/10/2005 1:17:25 PM PST by NutmegDevil (I am not a big fan of income tax, too.)
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To: NutmegDevil
The WABC radio presentation just said that the North Vietnamese scored a military victory in Tet '68.

The MSM: Still seditionist after all these years.

21 posted on 12/10/2005 1:19:14 PM PST by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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To: NutmegDevil
The WABC radio presentation just said that the North Vietnamese scored a military victory in Tet '68.

American military victory. Walter Cronkite and his ilk used it to turn American political opinion against it. McCarthy begat Kerry and those like him. Millions died because of their "peace" initiatives.

24 posted on 12/10/2005 1:21:52 PM PST by socal_parrot (Tookie must die)
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To: NutmegDevil
Eugene McCarthy was said to be the beneficiary if not the secondary cause for that abdication (Tet being the prime).

McCarthy was no threat to LBJ. There were so many antiwar 'rats running around that "Clean Gene" was just an asterisk politically. Consider: LBJ won the NH primary in 1968 AFTER he had already announced he would not run. Beat McCarthy even though he was no longer a candidate.

98 posted on 12/10/2005 4:13:20 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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