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9. It was about cutting Social Security and Medicare
Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:28 AM
Apr 2024

and when Reagan ran for reelection in the first debate he tried it again and this time Mondale flattened him by reminding everyone of when he said it and that Carter had been dead right as to what he would do as Reagan had indeed cut both programs.

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I've always held George Will in low esteem, but he's a talented wordsmith nevertheless. Ocelot II Apr 2024 #1
" J.D. Vance, an itinerant Neville Chamberlain visiting green rooms" Grins Apr 2024 #12
Read this yesterday and Mme. Defarge Apr 2024 #16
Right when our last living WW2 vets go to their reward ... Charging Triceratops Apr 2024 #2
Will, like Buckley before him, fancies himself a conservative intellectual. Happy Hoosier Apr 2024 #3
Yep. yardwork Apr 2024 #5
His original claim to fame was stealing Pres. Carter's debate prep notes underpants Apr 2024 #7
It was about cutting Social Security and Medicare dsc Apr 2024 #9
Okay. Thanks. underpants Apr 2024 #11
It seemed to me that Buckley couldn't even physically sit up straight. Uncle Joe Apr 2024 #15
I remember when Bill Maher pwned him on This Week fizzix137 Apr 2024 #17
But George Will is blameless. SarahD Apr 2024 #4
George Will has been railing against Trump since day one. JohnnyRingo Apr 2024 #6
Well I hope he's getting some repugnuts to vote Democrat. KS Toronado Apr 2024 #14
What has happened to the Republican party is the natural consequence of their worldview. Caliman73 Apr 2024 #19
👆👆 Well said. nt crickets Apr 2024 #20
You missed a crucial step in the migration misanthrope Apr 2024 #22
"A cabal of grotesques..." Kid Berwyn Apr 2024 #8
Screw will. jaxexpat May 2024 #23
George Will is an old-school hawk Wednesdays Apr 2024 #10
I have always (for fifty years) called him UpInArms Apr 2024 #13
George's problem is the average Trumper is far too stupid and illiterate to understand his writing. sop Apr 2024 #18
George is a bottom feeder, always was. jaxexpat Apr 2024 #21
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