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RiffRandell

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25. My parents hated his policies and hated him.

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 03:46 PM

Dec 2011

Hate to use the word hate, but I grew up as a teenager in the eighties and grew up watching Bonzo going to Bitburg, my father, who is a chemist, losing his job after his plant closed and not being able to get a job with health insurance after having angioplasty, my sister having problems getting a student loan, all of Carter's environmental policies being ground to shit....oh yeah...and forget about the poor and gays. That's when I knew I was liberal.

I love my parents so much as they informed me to current events growing up. It made me who I am.

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Although I hated Reagan's policies, the man himself was likable, homey, witty, and personable. [View all] Bandit Dec 2011 OP

UH, I don't think so. givemebackmycountry Dec 2011 #1

Yes that was one of the many positions he and the Republicans took but the man himself Bandit Dec 2011 #4

He was an actor. SomethingFishy Dec 2011 #14

I know what you're saying PatSeg Dec 2011 #40

My impression was that he was soulless NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #2

Just look at any of the Polls ... Cigar11 Dec 2011 #3

He was an actor who was whatever the sufrommich Dec 2011 #5

Actually Newt kind of reminds me of Reagan rurallib Dec 2011 #26

Glib and clueless pretty much covers sufrommich Dec 2011 #47

I thought he was an ignorant ass RainDog Dec 2011 #6

Likable, homey, witty, and personable if you were white, rich or middle class. FSogol Dec 2011 #7

I couldn't bear to watch him. I felt he was ACTING likeable, homey, etc. All surface. Demit Dec 2011 #8

He was a phony and an idiot. I'm sure he had a mean streak, too--otherwise librechik Dec 2011 #9

He creeped me out really bad, like looking into the eyes of a dead rattlesnake. nt Zorra Dec 2011 #10

I have heard the W Drale Dec 2011 #11

Reagan was proof that personality trumps policy. Sky Masterson Dec 2011 #12

Things slow at the other site today? RiffRandell Dec 2011 #20

Which site are you talking about? Sky Masterson Dec 2011 #35

We see things in ways which better validate our own biases... LanternWaste Dec 2011 #37

smarmy asshole, more like it bigtree Dec 2011 #13

Reagan always seemed like a phoney to me. And look at Patti Davis. closeupready Dec 2011 #15

He would give you the shirt off his back, then sign a bill to impoverish millions. immoderate Dec 2011 #16

IIRC it was Tip O'Neill who said that hifiguy Dec 2011 #28

Much requoted, it could have been Sam Donaldson... immoderate Dec 2011 #31

In our house we call that "all frosting-no cake"... n/t SoCalDem Dec 2011 #65

The sound of his voice made me want to puke. Greybnk48 Dec 2011 #17

He was your creepy uncle Ron. Not yours specifically, but GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #18

Creepy. That's the vibe I always got. hunter Dec 2011 #29

He was an actor used in a role. You are mistaking mockery, smarm, gloating, and pestilence Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #19

A wooden spokespuppet for GE, Donald Regan, Poppy and their cronies. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #21

Reagan's public persona was likable, homey, witty, and personal: indepat Dec 2011 #22

Fuck Reagan. Itchinjim Dec 2011 #23

Reagan was a soulless, vindictive, mean prick. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #24

My parents hated his policies and hated him. RiffRandell Dec 2011 #25

He was creepy, phoney. Hatchling Dec 2011 #27

Sorry, never liked him as a politician or an actor. Lint Head Dec 2011 #30

So was Joseph Goebbels. baldguy Dec 2011 #32

Ghouls and Monsters They_Live Dec 2011 #33

For a drooling idiot with fascist policies he wasn't quite as stupid as a boiled turnip. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #34

Not to me. He came off to me as wooden, patronizing and phony. marmar Dec 2011 #36

I always kind of got the "Weekend at Bernie's" vibe from him smirkymonkey Dec 2011 #46

I always thought he was creepy, kind of oily frazzled Dec 2011 #38

Yeah, but only when he was an actor playing roles as likable, homey, witty and personable. n/t RebelOne Dec 2011 #39

a likeable homey murderer unionworks Dec 2011 #41

...as most morons are. chaska Dec 2011 #42

He Was the Teflon President, Worried senior Dec 2011 #43

You said something nice about Reagan. Prepare to be flamed. Bucky Dec 2011 #44

I was a kid during his era and knew nothing about politics then Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #45

Reagan was like a colony of cockroaches wearing a wrinkly mansuit. a simple pattern Dec 2011 #48

He did try to come across as those things The Genealogist Dec 2011 #49

"He's a drug store truck drivin' man, unionworks Dec 2011 #50

It hurts me to remember these things unionworks Dec 2011 #51

I think he was far more evil than any GOP candidate today. David__77 Dec 2011 #52

I agree, he was a very likable guy quinnox Dec 2011 #53

Many died under Reagan's policies due to AIDS William769 Dec 2011 #54

OK, I need to change fonts. I thought you wrote "horny", darkstar3 Dec 2011 #55

He was professionally trained to present a pleasant personality to the public. Kablooie Dec 2011 #56

"When he laughed, stout senators rolled in the aisles. Hardrada Dec 2011 #57

Was he, though? Not being contrarian, but... Norrin Radd Dec 2011 #58

This says it all... ClassWarrior Dec 2011 #59

Thanks quaker bill Dec 2011 #62

Likeable? Witty? tawadi Dec 2011 #60

I did not find him likable quaker bill Dec 2011 #61

Reagan was a dick. n/t cordelia Dec 2011 #63

He was an actor SoCalDem Dec 2011 #64