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Hamlette

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38. Having lived through it, Reagan was worse than Bush IMHO

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 02:03 AM

Jan 2017

he started the whole anti-intellectualism, he basically destroyed California's wonderful system of free junior colleges, he started the whole supply side trickle down nonsense and talked about limited nuclear war. Think about that for a minute. We all think nuclear war is so awful no one will dare start one but Reagan said we could have a little nuclear war and it wouldn't be that bad.

Trump is all that times a thousand but it started with Reagan. Bush was just too stupid to play his role, or he maybe wasn't as bad as all that. He might have screwed it up because he wouldn't go for the juggler. Yes, I miss him now. Reagan, I still hate with every fiber of my being. Maybe it was because I was 30 when he was elected and know we survived and had a few good years after that so Bush didn't look so bad.

I think Trump is worse. I honestly have no way to predict what will happen. We are at the mercy of the republicans in congress.

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