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In reply to the discussion: Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 Reuters [View all]no_hypocrisy
(53,204 posts)5. My favorite Kissinger anecdote
"One day [shortly after the Vietnam War] Henry Kissinger calls up," Saturday Night Live writer Tom Davis recalled years later, "and the call is picked up at an NBC page's desk. And the page goes, 'Henry Kissinger's on the phone. He wants tickets for his son.' And Al [Franken] grabs the phone and yells into it, 'You know, if it hadn't been for the Christmas bombing in Cambodia, you could've had your f---ing tickets!'" Read More: https://anecdotage.com/anecdotes/al-franken-takes-a-call-from-henry-kissinger
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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 Reuters [View all]
littlemissmartypants
Nov 2023
OP
Good riddance to the person who - along with "Dick" Nixon tied our economy to oil
Caribbeans
Nov 2023
#8
Paradise is Henry Kissinger heading off to hell with Trump tucked under one arm and Gregg Abbott tucked under the other.
Comfortably_Numb
Nov 2023
#17
Managed to outlive lots and lots of actual decent and useful human beings. nt
Carlitos Brigante
Nov 2023
#18
--- somethin', somethin, .... you're only suppose't say somethin' good about someone
3Hotdogs
Nov 2023
#47
Rolling Stone got it right. No bullshit. "Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies
usonian
Nov 2023
#51