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lunatica

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7. I get the point of the article

Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:44 PM

Jan 2017

But I never liked Reagan. Not at all. I thought he was hiding a meanness under his pink cheeks and joviality. I could never understand why people said he was the Great Communicator. Every time he said anything he started with, "Well... " and then I always flinched, sure he was going to say something very stupid. Sometimes he actually did.

Then I found out he had the beginnings of Alzheimers and it made perfect sense to me that saying, "Well..." with a pause was so he could search his diminishing thinking skills for a response. And when Nancy would tell him what to say out of the side of her mouth it was a total parody.

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"I view Mr. Trump's fear, lust and sloth and I do not envy him." [View all] kpete Jan 2017 OP

k/r n/t phylny Jan 2017 #1

What a great way to describe Trump. Rex Jan 2017 #2

This is poetic. I don't use that term lightly. LisaM Jan 2017 #3

I agree completely. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #9

Bingo. LisaM Jan 2017 #11

That is not true about the fringe left. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #14

Maybe there's a better way to refer to it, then. LisaM Jan 2017 #16

And I wouldn't call those societies "left" at all. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #25

Also well stated. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #33

Wow, thank you! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #34

Omg, get out of here! Shut UP! :D BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #35

Yes - the Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #40

I can't wait to dig into all of your references and comments erronis Jan 2017 #42

I'm really glad to hear that you're interested! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #43

Have you read any of the links, and if so, any thoughts? nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #48

Thanks!!! Oh boy, lots of good reading there! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #45

I'm a notoriously slow reader ... Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #47

Have you read any of the links, and if so, any thoughts? nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #49

I only very just started--went with the overview you suggested I read first. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #50

Happened to me, too. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #52

Well stated. Paka Jan 2017 #24

Thank you! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #26

Powerful... dhill926 Jan 2017 #4

My thoughts exactly. Barack_America Jan 2017 #13

And he will never be happy PatSeg Jan 2017 #5

Great summation They_Live Jan 2017 #21

This is true PatSeg Jan 2017 #29

I noticed that too... llmart Jan 2017 #39

Being born to great wealth makes the perks of wealth seem ho hum. Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #22

That is a good point PatSeg Jan 2017 #30

Best analysis of Trump I've yet read. tavernier Jan 2017 #6

I get the point of the article lunatica Jan 2017 #7

Trump is mentally ill. He's a narcissist and maybe a psychopath. He does not manicraven Jan 2017 #8

Funny, manicraven, that you mention this. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #17

Oh, I thought you were talking about the tubby tyrant of NORK erronis Jan 2017 #44

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You should send that to the White House. n/t Mr. Evil Jan 2017 #12

Yes! He should send this to the White House. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #18

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #15

I don't share his nostalgic view of Reagan Skittles Jan 2017 #19

He knows, deep down... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #20

There is an ugliness to his face that goes beyond PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #23

Right on. Happiness is interconnectedness. Not wealth. I was proudest supporting applegrove Jan 2017 #27

I think that the problem is not so much that he was born to wealth... potone Jan 2017 #28

Well said. Fichefinder Jan 2017 #31

DT and his kind have an awful idea of what makes a successful man. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #32

Trump's face says it all HelenWheels Jan 2017 #36

Yes. He looks miserable. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #37

ANHEDONIA, my new favorite descriptive of the dae Jan 2017 #38

Trump never laughs. We've never heard it. No Vested Interest Jan 2017 #41

Twitler's religion is the prosperity gospel bhikkhu Jan 2017 #46

Yikes. Somehow I neglected to kick and rec this before! I love this. This should be Squinch Feb 2017 #51