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In reply to the discussion: Someday it will be crystal clear to all just what a terrible president Ronald Reagan was- [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)78. Never Trumpers haven't yet made this realization. So, I wrote a poem:
Blood On Their Hands
Never Trumpers may like you to consume
The notion that Trump happened in a vacuum
But the groundwork had been laid going back to Nixon
The Southern Strategy and a racist depiction
Then came the Powell Memo and Moral Majority
Code words, a drug war, cultural uniformity
Welfare queens and the Willie Horton ad
Reagan, Bush and the anti-government fad
With Dubya, you see, people wanted to have a beer
SCOTUS gave anti-intellectualism the all clear
A terrorist attack then opened the door
To torture, spying and endless war
The nerve to elect and re-elect a Black man
They lost their shit when his suit was tan
He must not be Christian or an American
Well be damned if hes followed by a woman
And poof there was Trump, or so were told
Revisionist history is what were sold
Their party has long been ethically void
But prior to Trump they were happily employed
They continue to worship at the altar of Saint Ronnie
While making no connection to the rise of Saint Donny
Their denial is strong, but conscience commands
They should acknowledge the blood on their hands
Garrett S
12/14/19
Never Trumpers may like you to consume
The notion that Trump happened in a vacuum
But the groundwork had been laid going back to Nixon
The Southern Strategy and a racist depiction
Then came the Powell Memo and Moral Majority
Code words, a drug war, cultural uniformity
Welfare queens and the Willie Horton ad
Reagan, Bush and the anti-government fad
With Dubya, you see, people wanted to have a beer
SCOTUS gave anti-intellectualism the all clear
A terrorist attack then opened the door
To torture, spying and endless war
The nerve to elect and re-elect a Black man
They lost their shit when his suit was tan
He must not be Christian or an American
Well be damned if hes followed by a woman
And poof there was Trump, or so were told
Revisionist history is what were sold
Their party has long been ethically void
But prior to Trump they were happily employed
They continue to worship at the altar of Saint Ronnie
While making no connection to the rise of Saint Donny
Their denial is strong, but conscience commands
They should acknowledge the blood on their hands
Garrett S
12/14/19
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Someday it will be crystal clear to all just what a terrible president Ronald Reagan was- [View all]
kpete
Dec 2019
OP
If we had stayed the course on renewable or no/low carbon energy how many billions of tons ...
Botany
Dec 2019
#30
Reagan was just a tool for the wealthy and the right* but he understood the importance of ...
Botany
Dec 2019
#154
One of the first deliberately evil acts of the conservative revolutionaries.
lagomorph777
Dec 2019
#28
We would be SO far ahead of where ANYONE is right now if we'd kept going on solar
oldsoftie
Dec 2019
#153
Far as I'm concerned anyone with an (R) by their name is scum, Reagan or no. nt
Doremus
Dec 2019
#99
For many of us, it was abundantly clear from the beginning just how awful Ronald Reagan was...
dlk
Dec 2019
#6
His damn funeral went on forever. I'm surprised the GOP did not mummify him and place him in
RKP5637
Dec 2019
#9
+1. Taxpayers spent $400 million to haul his carcass around and mourn his worthless legacy
dalton99a
Dec 2019
#12
It's no damn wonder there is not enough money left for the rest of the population. There is so
RKP5637
Dec 2019
#21
before regon was a terrible prez. he was a horrible gov. took the state 30 years to recover
AllaN01Bear
Dec 2019
#15
He was a union leader when it was to his advantage. It was a personal benefit thing.
SharonAnn
Dec 2019
#96
I think he was a do nothing speach-afying idiot. who was a figure head for the assholes
Javaman
Dec 2019
#41
I still have my Impeach Reagan button somewhere. Actors, and TV personalities, make
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2019
#42
Let's not forget his disastrous foreign policies, especially in Central America
Bradshaw3
Dec 2019
#43
I've been thinking about GOP holding off release of hostages since the Ukrainian bribery story
IndyOp
Dec 2019
#49
As a young man I voted for Reagan. It took years of maturing and learning about politics to
Pepsidog
Dec 2019
#54
I believe he has been the most dangerous and destructive president in our history
Scalded Nun
Dec 2019
#60
I have always said that future generations will make pilgrimages to piss on his grave. n/t
spike jones
Dec 2019
#62
I have not seen this on this thread yet, but Reagan and his people also committed treason to win.
Caliman73
Dec 2019
#85
y'all ought to read or hear the Thom Hartmann rant on RR. How he can viewed as a
Doitnow
Dec 2019
#115
i was a kid & i knew it. i said his trickle down was bullshit. but they have been selling the same
pansypoo53219
Dec 2019
#123
Yes, the great wealth distributor ..... upward to his richest friends. Nt
Prof.Higgins
Dec 2019
#149
That bastard started us down the road toward Pox Noise. He screwed broadcasting.
calimary
Dec 2019
#151
I had assumed that Reagan would forever remain the worst president of my lifetime.
mwb970
Dec 2019
#152