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merrily

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32. I've seen glimmers.

Thu May 1, 2014, 03:17 PM

May 2014

But, when the two largest political parties are telling you the country can't afford to do anything for you, what do you believe?

Thing is, people are so tired and beaten down, they can't pay attention. Maybe they don't even want to.

I wonder how people managed to organize into unions while mines were collapsing on them and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was ablaze. In addition to working lord knows how many hours a day for next to nothing.

Maybe we're just a much softer lot than they were.

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British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo” [View all] DonViejo May 2014 OP

Not "Bonzo?" johnp3907 May 2014 #1

He was a chimp of the old blockhead. kairos12 May 2014 #29

! johnp3907 May 2014 #40

Hmmm ... sounds like Ms. Thatcher may have served as "Reagan's brain" ... eppur_se_muova May 2014 #2

And, to combine posts #2 and #3 ... muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #20

Reagan and W are the Bozo bookends of the "conservative" era eShirl May 2014 #3

Doesn't that assume that the conservative era will end when in 2016. merrily May 2014 #12

Yeah ... Cosmocat May 2014 #31

I've seen glimmers. merrily May 2014 #32

That is it Cosmocat May 2014 #42

.... merrily May 2014 #43

Yeah Cosmocat May 2014 #44

You're welcome. merrily May 2014 #48

Reagan was a bozo. HooptieWagon May 2014 #4

W had Rove. merrily May 2014 #13

He wasn't a Bozo, he was an actor suffering from dementia and alzheimers who was used as a puppet NightWatcher May 2014 #5

+1,000 Thirties Child May 2014 #7

1 otherone May 2014 #11

He was unable to sustain a serious conversation about ANYTHING. progressoid May 2014 #6

Yet, he lives on in the video of the campaign in which he blows merrily May 2014 #33

Yeah, that's how a lot of us saw him. Scuba May 2014 #8

^^THIS^^ Auggie May 2014 #27

And we still do. calimary May 2014 #38

Not far off shenmue May 2014 #9

We did for a while Prophet 451 May 2014 #17

Unfortunately, we didn't get it right either. You elected Ronnie, but we elected Maggie. LeftishBrit May 2014 #50

Doesn't exactly cast Thatcher in a good light given that the two of them were Skidmore May 2014 #10

Why? Her job was to do what she thought best for her country, not to be a true friend to Reagan. merrily May 2014 #14

Then Bush came along and made him look like a genius. 6000eliot May 2014 #15

Meh. In secret, they probably portray quite a few people as bozos, especially USians. merrily May 2014 #16

Shocked! I'm shocked...well, actually, no. genwah May 2014 #18

Spitting Image- The full presidents brain is missing Ep.1 PumpkinAle May 2014 #19

"sheer incredulity that this man could occupy the White House" - yeah, I felt that, from the minute kath May 2014 #21

Many of us already knew this back then ... DrBulldog May 2014 #22

Imagine their opinion of McChimp. Hoppy May 2014 #23

Son of Bozo *and* Bonzo ? nt eppur_se_muova May 2014 #25

That's "PRESIDENT Bozo" to you, Engländer! KansDem May 2014 #24

Hier spricht die Stimme der Energie... Octafish May 2014 #45

New voters were born during Clinton and grew up under Dubya.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #41

Truth hurts get the red out May 2014 #28

Gorbachev "We just saw him as an actor reading his lines" underpants May 2014 #30

So true. Glad somebody saw that the emperor had no clothes... NC_Nurse May 2014 #34

So he was! LeftishBrit May 2014 #35

Ya,...so,..the Brits had it right. Segami May 2014 #36

Reagan was a bozo Gothmog May 2014 #37

Manipulable doofuses are the best kinds of friends, right Maggie? n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #39

Bozo for White Power and Dark Forces Octafish May 2014 #46

Reagan portrayed Reagan as a Bozo Shankapotomus May 2014 #47

Bingo. TroglodyteScholar May 2014 #52

Is this part of the Snowden revelations? nt kelliekat44 May 2014 #49

Portrayed? Sanity Claws May 2014 #51

Accurately so. greatauntoftriplets May 2014 #53