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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:12 PM Original message |
10 Things that Conservatives Dont Want You to Know About Ronald Reagan. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. some gun control also, but he had to be shot to make that happen |
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BOHICA12 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't think that would bother conservatives .... |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. My first thought when that happened, and I still think it, he was a sacrificial lamb... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
73. Hinkleys parents and the vp were having dinner the night before |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rec, needs to make the home page imo. nt |
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Rectangle (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. He shamefully "Cut and Ran" from Lebanon in 1983 after the Marine barraks bombing!! |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R...n/t |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. AND deregulation of the S&L's under Reagan resulted in a major financial crisis. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. No doubt. That was the first. nt |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. It took TWO Reagan acts to kill the S&L industry |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. recommend |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agreed to a $165 BILLION dollar bailout of Social Security |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I thought Reagan damaged Social Security. I would like to know more. nm |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Social Security Amendments of 1983 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. "•Advances scheduled increases in Social Security tax rates." |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. "bailout"? it wasn't a bailout. it was a robbery. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Thank you Hannah. I didnt think he helped SS. Do you have any articles |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. here's one: |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. K n R |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. he also created the trial lawyer system we have today... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I heard that. Do you have a good link for more info? nm |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. i heard that on norman goldman and there`s another list next week |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I also heard it on Norman Goldman. nm |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Doubt they'd have any problem with #9 |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
61. Or # 8. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. K & R !!! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not sure if it was the same anti-Apartheid act but Dick Cheney (R- Wy) voted to keep Mandela in jail |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. He has my vote for the most evil man in America. nm |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. number 10--charlie wilson`s war. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. They might like that he visited Bitburg's S.S. cemetery (and I don't mean Social Security). |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Reagan didn't run from terrorists. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Oh, you mean a wall Gorby couldn't have torn down if he wanted to? |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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66 dmhlt (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's just too pithy NOT to share |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. LOL. I love it. Just e-mailed it to my winger sister. n/t. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
67. This is great, thanks! n/t |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'd been looking for a good summary |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. Reagan Cared more about UFO than AIDS |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. k&r! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. Add that he tried to join the CP-USA but was rejected...too phony. nt |
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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Reagan sold WMDs to Saddam Hussein to use on Iran |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Reagan tried to eliminate Bureau of Indian Affairs and denigrated Native Americans: |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Oh god shame on me |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. Supported repressive forces against popular uprisings in Central America |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. So are we saying he was a liberal and I should like him???? (nt) |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. I think the point is more about up-smacking the image of Reagan... |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. HA! Excellent! |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. You're right about the unemployment |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Give ThinkProgress credit for the article. nm |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. His CIA mined harbors |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. K&R and bkmrkd |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. People who believe jesus rode a dinosaur have no earthly idea of what |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
43. Reagan was a workers nightmare-He busted their unions, rasied their taxes-The rich received huge |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. Reagan was a complete asshole - I lived under his lying facist bullshit for 16 years. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Unfortunately, for us, |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. Meanwhile today Palin is preaching America Is Out Of Step With Reagan's Values |
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Ticonderoga (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Reagan had values? Really? |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
47. He was no hero. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
48. 11. reagan was a government informer who spied on his coworkers. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Yep, ratted out fellow actors. An old time actor friend of |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
51. Reagan was a CHICKENHAWK who avoided WW2 |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
52. He was complicit in the slaughter of thousands of civilians in central america. |
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griloco (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. Who doesn't belong: Hitler, Noriega, Saddam, Osama? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
57. More like, 'Ten things conservatives DONT KNOW about Reagan' |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. I think the point is that they dont want to know. Ignorance is bliss. nm |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
60. Um, #5? Wait, what? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. no - he had no action |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. From thinkprogress.org |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Oh, ok. I get it now. thanks for the clarification. n/t |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
63. k&r |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yes BUT............. |
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Sugarcoated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
69. DAMN |
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