Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social

If your entire argument implodes like a cheap submersible at the simple question “and then what happened?”, don’t make it!

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Public Universal Girlfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @girlfriend.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:18 UTC

Respectfully I don't think RFK would have lost to Nixon. History intervened, but it isn't ridiculous to me that RFK was a better match up against Nixon than Johnson.

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TH @tylerhower.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:43 UTC

Who became President in 1969? Truly, no one knows.

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lorem ipsum @whiskeynachos.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:50 UTC

I still remember a leftist professor in college telling me how hard they all partied when Johnson decided not to run. I was still quite young, but I was in disbelief. "Yeah, and then what happened?!"

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chatham harrison is tending a new garden @chathamharrison.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

"had nothing to do with" [citation extremely needed]

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Energetic Nova @energetic-nova.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:44 UTC

Richard Nixon won…. Like???

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

Who wrote this article? I need to hate them.

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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

Kennedy was already on the path to lose the nomination at the time of his death.

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Mx. Peacekeeper @mx-peacekeeper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:03 UTC

The answer to "then what happened?" isn't "Nixon won", it's "the frontrunner and brother of a popular president got assassinated"

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