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RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
5. She was a moral monster in many ways, this is just one small tidbit of ugliness and selfishness.
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:52 PM
Oct 2018

She got a pass from a lot of people when she was First Lady and after because she was a little old white lady. I say f--- that.

She was a sociopath -- her position on drugs was privileged unjustifiable callous indifference, her behavior in re: HIV/AIDS was an abomination. As an anecdote of the same, look up Rock Hudson's death and the Reagan's refusal to help him get treatment -- on the grounds that they could not do special favors for friends from Hollywood, just about the only incident in which they withheld special treatment for their friends/colleagues and made this excuse.

Republicans hated JFK. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #1
Growing up, we never had a bottle of Hunt's Ketchup or anything else they sold in our house. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #4
What does that have to do with Kennedy assassination? wishstar Oct 2018 #13
Apparently my bad, wishstar. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #18
Good for you, Hunts ketchup sucks. MicaelS Oct 2018 #20
+1. Totally agree. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #22
I don't understand comment jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #32
Simple... MicaelS Oct 2018 #33
My family lived in Santa Maria CA. In 1963 MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #2
I heard it on the radio, when I was 19, driving in Phoenix, AZ and had to Cha Oct 2018 #19
I was in Ca too (still am) going to a private elementary school in LA County Raine Oct 2018 #21
That still hurts me - the celebration of the kids MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #23
It still bothers me, my parents were Nixon voters too Raine Oct 2018 #24
You're right. We knew it was evil MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #31
The NFL played their full slate of games that weekend. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #3
Very little can stop the NFL Retrograde Oct 2018 #8
Pete Rozelle said that was the biggest mistake he ever made underpants Oct 2018 #9
Gilligan's Island underpants Oct 2018 #12
She was a moral monster in many ways, this is just one small tidbit of ugliness and selfishness. RockRaven Oct 2018 #5
also known as 'Nasty Nancy' empedocles Oct 2018 #6
Sounds like my mom. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #17
At Thanksgiving, Ohiogal Oct 2018 #7
Yes, and with the new Cheney film coming out mountain grammy Oct 2018 #10
I grew up in a Republican family. mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #11
I remember reading an account of Ronnie & Nancy riding in a motorcade kskiska Oct 2018 #14
They were disgusting people, they were also actors who played as nice people. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #15
Doesn't surprise me. Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #16
Wasn't Nancy known for her 'oral' skills? keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #25
So said, also was 'available' empedocles Oct 2018 #26
Good enough to convince Ronnie to get her off the black list Major Nikon Oct 2018 #34
Guess who else showed up for that party? no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #27
Nancy always came off as a goody two shoes kimbutgar Oct 2018 #28
Ronnie didn't have a little to do with the pregnancy? TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #35
I was in the 7th grade when the assassination happened... Rollo Oct 2018 #29
I was working Srkdqltr Oct 2018 #30
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