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K “When he resigned, I felt an immediate shift in the energy level everywhere. Society went through what scientists describe as a phase change. Dupont Circle and other circles had to recalibrate their lives.”
J “Trying to make sense of it at a young age was overwhelming. Presidents were not supposed to lie.”
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K “I despised him more than any other individual at the time. He could have done something about the Southeast Asian War Games. I despise him less now.”
J “A ‘time is the great tincture’ development.”
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J “His efforts to open dialogue with China were prescient. China is still the number one fear and the number one concern.”
K “He did sign legislation creating the Environmental Protection Agency.”
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K “Compared with the rampant corruption deep to the core of both political parties, his antics seem almost sophomoric in hind sight. Donald Segretti talked about ‘rat fucking’ which is really what they were doing then. What the Democratic National Committee is doing to harass, threaten and undermine the Kennedy presidential campaign is much more egregious and outrageous than anything Tricky Dick ever did.”
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J “Fifty years! Time how it flies.”
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Bumper sticker of the week:
A crook I am not
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