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Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st.
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Date: 22 Mar 89 17:43:26 GMT
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In article <11153@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM> harmons@sting.UUCP (Harmon Sommer) writes:
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>>ahead technology-wise" feeling probably helped LBJ in the '64
>>election.  Politics and technology is a strange mixture.
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>As I recall the big issue in '64 was Viet Nam. They told me if I voted
>for Goldwater the U.S. would bomb Hanoi. So I did and sure enough, we did.


I'm no history expert but as I recall the congress passed the Gulf of
Tonkin resolution and the Vietnam war was a dead issue as far as the
election was concerned.  By passing the resolution, both political
parties were on record as favoring continuing the involvement.
Vietnam did become the major issue of the '68 election and sunk
Humphrey's candidacy.

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