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From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Frank Dibbell)
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Subject: Presidents and War
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 13:58:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 13:58:54 1984
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Why is it that we ALWAYS hear in election years that the Republican
presidential candidates are "warmongers", and the Democratic
presidential candidates are not???  Consider the following:
     1.  Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the issue of "Never
         involving our boys in a Foreign War" (1940). The result?
         We wound up in WWII!
     2.  Harry Truman was Chief Executive during the Korean War
     3.  Kennedy was ready to nuke the Russians over missiles in
         Cuba in 1962
     4.  Democrat Lyndon Johnson was elected by a landslide over
         Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964.  Goldwater was a
         "hawk", and people were afraid that if he were elected
         he would get us involved in a war.  Instead, we got the
         "dove" Johnson, and a dramatic acceleration of the Vietnam
         Conflict.

Now you are telling me that a vote for Ronnie is a vote for nuclear
annihilation???  From an historical perspective, we will have a much
greater chance of being involved in a war if that bed-wetting,
knee-jerk liberal Mondale gets elected!

Personally, I'm voting for Anon-7.
-- 
Frank Dibbell  (408-746-6493)          ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!canopus

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