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FSogol

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16. Agreed. This all started with Reagan. Reagan's admin had 139 convictions, indictments, or

Reply to Raine (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 4, 2018, 12:31 PM

Feb 2018

investigations.

"By the end of his term, 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2005/10/17/157477/-

Trumpy's administration is just a cruder and Putin-assisted version of the Reagan Administration

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There were 3 forks in recent history that put us where we are [View all] Renew Deal Feb 2018 OP

Bush's current approvals have nothing to do with his presidency. in fact the approvals are because JI7 Feb 2018 #1

You have the timeline wrong, it's more like this: Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #2

1789 it is (espec the electoral college stip) Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #6

This JI7 Feb 2018 #10

1789 and the slavery compromises. mountain grammy Feb 2018 #18

Not to mention the Kennedy Assassinations eleny Feb 2018 #3

I agree. George Bush is responsible for probably over 1 million deaths Maraya1969 Feb 2018 #4

I would add one more fork: Citizens United. Stonepounder Feb 2018 #5

Agree Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #7

Citizens United is a direct result of the Cheney (dba Bush Jr.) presidency DFW Feb 2018 #9

That was going to be my addition AwakeAtLast Feb 2018 #17

Actually I'd go back further and say it started with Reagan's election. Initech Feb 2018 #8

Reagan IMO Raine Feb 2018 #11

Agreed. This all started with Reagan. Reagan's admin had 139 convictions, indictments, or FSogol Feb 2018 #16

Propaganda works. Mariana Feb 2018 #12

It depends on where you start and what consequences one considers key events DFW Feb 2018 #13

I think your list of turning point events is true lunatica Feb 2018 #14

Watergate, Prop 13 in CA, and Reagan's use of evangelicals. These 3 events changed everything and TeamPooka Feb 2018 #15