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musette_sf

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13. I would start it with

Reply to Charging Triceratops (Original post)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 10:00 PM

Nov 2023

First, come 1980, people I’d known (or thought I knew) through the 70s suddenly were high on “Morning in America”

I was horrified at Reagan going for POTUS in 1976, and by 1980 it was clear that the bitter ex-Nixonians were going to install an imperial Presidency with RWR as the figurehead.

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Found in the NYT comment section of an essay warning of the dangers of Trump: [View all] Charging Triceratops Nov 2023 OP

I doubt Harker Nov 2023 #1

the MSM mokeyz Nov 2023 #2

Obviously... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #3

thx mokeyz Nov 2023 #7

Well, glad you're here in whatever level of participation you like! calimary Nov 2023 #18

. . . and how the GOP propaganda machine PTL_Mancuso Nov 2023 #4

How did Reagan do that? IbogaProject Nov 2023 #10

The argument melm00se Nov 2023 #19

Facts make really good arguments! dchill Nov 2023 #20

Yes. It would be nice to have some real journalists these days. Deuxcents Nov 2023 #17

This will appear in history books 50 years from now.. Permanut Nov 2023 #5

No catchnrelease Nov 2023 #11

Point taken.. Permanut Nov 2023 #12

Maybe rburns24 Nov 2023 #6

Oh. Indeed! dchill Nov 2023 #8

YES! BaronChocula Nov 2023 #9

I would start it with musette_sf Nov 2023 #13

Reagan made greed and ignorance fashionable Skittles Nov 2023 #15

More like Mourning in America. calimary Nov 2023 #21

How we slept walked to this reality. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #14

Who is "they" MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #16