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6. The transformation of Reagan was a masterfully done

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 03:57 PM

Dec 2020

piece of fantasy stage craft. Trump might not far so well since he can't hide all his misdeeds as readily as Reagan's rehab team did. With Trump, we have an extensive historical digital record of all his evils that is easily accessible in print, audio, video and photos. We didn't have the same depth of media coverage or the critical investigations in Reagan's time.

That lightweight coverage allowed Reagan's fluffers to take advantage of the information gaps and sketchy reporting to reconfigure his time in office. Trump can't hide from what he's done, he can't unsay the words he's spoken, or pretend that he was, with little doubt, the worst president the US has ever seen.

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The Coming Republican Whitewashing of Donald Trump [View all] peggysue2 Dec 2020 OP

The Republican problem is the utter meanness, hatred and total disregard of human rights. katmondoo Dec 2020 #1

Graham thinks the Republican 'problem' is merely tone peggysue2 Dec 2020 #4

January 21st headline: "Why Joe Biden's Economy Is Failing" ZZenith Dec 2020 #2

Exactly! peggysue2 Dec 2020 #5

Like with Reagan, became St. Ronnie in made up fantasy world. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #3

LOL! peggysue2 Dec 2020 #7

I know, rehabbing Trump to St. Donnie is going to be a heavy lift. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #8

The transformation of Reagan was a masterfully done procon Dec 2020 #6

I agree with your assessment peggysue2 Dec 2020 #9

I think when all the distraction are gone, and people look at what he really did and didn't do Johonny Dec 2020 #10

I hope you're right, Johonny peggysue2 Dec 2020 #11