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WI_DEM
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:43 PM Original message |
Why all the adulation for Ronald Reagan? |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have no idea. I always thought he was a dangerous doddering old fool. |
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ourbluenation
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. beats me - like Jr he too spent money like a drunken sailor and |
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Virginia Dare
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. About the only thing admirable about him was... |
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400Years
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. he helped murder a million guatamalans |
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AngryAmish
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Everyone on DU is always kissing his a-- |
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MADem
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. y'almost got me there!!!!!!! n/t |
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MADem
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, his presidency DID reshape the world! |
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pocket
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. yup, just like Hitler |
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AlCzervik
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. people like having ketchup classified as a vegetable? |
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MADem
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Thu Mar-30-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That was one of my favorites!!! |
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Kingshakabobo
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. The rethuglicans are, as usual, "working the refs." |
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knowbody0
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. he was "unplugged" |
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bobja
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. He was also out to bust unions and trash the middle class. |
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bryant69
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. He talked about America in a certain way |
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cynatnite
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I think you're onto something here... |
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bleedingheart
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. He was delusional and diverted our attention away from the real problems |
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bryant69
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Thu Mar-30-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It's a perspective |
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lectrobyte
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. His reputation is manufactured after the fact. At the time, I don't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. H.L. Mencken explained it best. |
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Atman
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Haven't you noticed the republican Worship pattern? |
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JHB
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because he played "Tough & Confident" at just the right stage fo history.. |
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ItsTheMediaStupid
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's all in my user name. |
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Norquist Nemesis
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. To effectively re-write history, they have to keep feeding the |
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calmblueocean
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Thu Mar-30-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Amen. If you want to worship someone for defeating the USSR, praise Gorby. |
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hughee99
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I'm not trying to credit Raygun here |
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MemphisTiger
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Thu Mar-30-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because he tried to take down welfare and other social |
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Lexingtonian
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Thu Mar-30-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. He wasn't Nixon, Ford, or either Bush |
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LSK
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Thu Mar-30-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. he left us a ton of debt |
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demosincebirth
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. To me, he was a simple old man. He was a figure head and the |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Don't forget about |
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calico1
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Though not a good one, remember Reagan was |
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Bridget Burke
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Reagan could make a speech as though he meant it. |
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Left Is Write
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That's what my mother has always said. |
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porphyrian
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Fuck reagan. |
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warrens
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. He made the world a lot better for death squadders |
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bleedingheart
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Thu Mar-30-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Man who restored the sense that shitting on the poor was okay |
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