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Lizzie Poppet

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11. His take on the "government is the enemy" meme has done incalculable harm.

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 07:53 PM

Nov 2015

A certain mistrust of the powers-that-be is as American as you can ask for...as befits a nation that began as a rebelling colony. But Reagan began a marked ratcheting up of that attitude, and in a democratic society, taking that mistrust so far is pure poison. With a certain tragic irony, it's caused many people not so much to rise up and regain control of our government, but instead to give up and just assume that government is inevitably a hungry, dangerous beast that can only be improved by having less of it. It's an attitude that says "I'm bailing on the notion of making democratic rule actually work."

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Has anyone poisoned the American spirit more than this "person"? [View all] 63splitwindow Nov 2015 OP

Yes this guy Kalidurga Nov 2015 #1

^^ This ^^ Ohio Dem Nov 2015 #4

Yes. Reagan has been far more influential. n/t pnwmom Nov 2015 #6

Nah...too liberal for Rush. Xolodno Nov 2015 #10

His take on the "government is the enemy" meme has done incalculable harm. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #11

That was a very calculated move Kalidurga Nov 2015 #12

He was the front man for the fascists hifiguy Nov 2015 #16

Gen. Smedley Butler stopped them in coup against FDR. Octafish Nov 2015 #30

Worked a treat, that's true. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #18

Yep Kalidurga Nov 2015 #19

You read my mind. hifiguy Nov 2015 #13

With high approval ratings at that. Kalidurga Nov 2015 #14

They never looked back after he became president Stargleamer Nov 2015 #28

Worse than that so much worse Kalidurga Nov 2015 #29

It was a collaborative effort. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #2

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I'd appreciate if you could work me in before the holiday weekend. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #7

BUT WHAT ABOUT MY BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS?? Skittles Nov 2015 #9

They just nailed the lid shut hifiguy Nov 2015 #17

John C. Calhoun says hi MFrohike Nov 2015 #3

At 50 million bucks a year sorefeet Nov 2015 #8

How to grow rich on hate,not only Limbaugh but Savage, and others as well, a shame for our nation.nt Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #15

You mean he's not a person? DavidDvorkin Nov 2015 #20

You think he is? n/t 63splitwindow Nov 2015 #22

Of course DavidDvorkin Nov 2015 #23

Thanks for that clarification. 63splitwindow Nov 2015 #24

I vote for Sarah Palin. People were loving and respecting Obama Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2015 #21

I remember his first day on the air... Ron Obvious Nov 2015 #25

But he does believe his hate scscholar Nov 2015 #27

And he has spawned... 63splitwindow Nov 2015 #31

I heard about five minutes of his show today. Cleita Nov 2015 #26

He's the one. It's called "scorched earth". n/t UTUSN Nov 2015 #32

The day Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House, Congress began its NCjack Nov 2015 #33

George Carlin Describes Rush Limbaugh Tace Nov 2015 #34