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jcgoldie

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31. The only difference...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:13 PM

Nov 2020

Uncle Ronnie acted like a sweet old man instead of a raging narcissistic dick all the time and didn't perpetually say the quiet part out loud... but practically speaking... same guy.

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Was Reagan a Precursor to Trump? A New Documentary Says Yes [View all] applegrove Nov 2020 OP

Republicans will start squealing. They don't want St. Ronnie and their secret applegrove Nov 2020 #1

Yes, yes indeed! BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #2

Republican voters do love their actors. Brother Mythos Nov 2020 #10

The GOP is all about racism and corruption RainCaster Nov 2020 #3

Oh yes for sure. Wash. state Desk Jet Nov 2020 #4

Hmm... Mike Nelson Nov 2020 #5

Absolutely. LisaM Nov 2020 #6

Well Ronnie loved to talk about welfare queens driving Caddies (Cadillacs) --racism andym Nov 2020 #7

"Young bucks eating steaks" CharleyDog Nov 2020 #12

Let's not forget his claim that ketchup was a vegetable, so it counted as one in kids' school Nay Nov 2020 #20

Of course. musette_sf Nov 2020 #8

He was a union buster and a hypocrite demosincebirth Nov 2020 #9

It goes back further but Reagan was part of the problem also JI7 Nov 2020 #11

Calvin Coolidge? Polybius Nov 2020 #28

Racism in general but Nixon's southern strategy in regards to the Republican party JI7 Nov 2020 #29

Yes, take a pound of Reagan and add in misanthrope Nov 2020 #13

In many ways, yes. Cult of personality-wise, definitely. Reagan was movies. Trump, reality TV. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #14

Def true about the cult of personality -- remember after his terms that cult members Nay Nov 2020 #22

Oh, yeah. It was sickening. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #23

I remember wanting to throw up in rage. nt Nay Nov 2020 #30

Rotten Ronnie was rotten ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #15

Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Nov 2020 #16

Day One of his first presidential campaign: Philadelphia, Mississippi. no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #17

Nixon and the Southern Strategy DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #18

"If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with." - Gov. Ronald Reagan, 1969 VOX Nov 2020 #19

Failure to punish Raygun for Iran Contra enabled the escalations of Bush Sr, Bush Jr, and Trump lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #21

+1 n/t area51 Nov 2020 #24

One difference edhopper Nov 2020 #25

The GOP's self-degradation started with the nation shifting Hortensis Nov 2020 #26

I don't need a documentary to say "yes" to that JHB Nov 2020 #27

The only difference... jcgoldie Nov 2020 #31