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greatauntoftriplets

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53. Accurately so.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 08:22 AM

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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