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In reply to the discussion: WAKE THE FUCK UP [View all]maddiemom
(5,106 posts)That the ridiculous Reagan is still the Republican icon speaks perfectly for the Republican party today. My late father-in -law, a strong, liberal union man seemed not to notice that little thing with the air traffic controllers (admittedly many in labor unions seem not to identify with the more white collar unions. Strong UMWA parents in our local school districts routinely crossed striking teacher picket lines to bring their kids to school, if the buses weren't running in support), but was the same age as Reagan and thought he was very cool(for want of a better word for his generation). I don't know if he went so far as to vote for Reagan, but if he did, it would have been his one and only Republican vote. Eisenhower was the last really good Republican president. Follow him up with Nixon in terms of accomplishments in office, despite Nixon's obvious dishonesty on the political side. The harm Reagan (or his handlers) did, will probably be known in history as the beginning of the "fall" of this nation along with the decision of the Republicans to go completely political and obstructionist, rather than serves as "the loyal opposition."