Well, we now know how we reacted when ray-gun died

[FarLeftRage]

Just imagine for a minute what DU is going to be like when the chimp passes on.

[Archae]

1. PAR-TEE!!!

:party:

[Political_Junkie]

3. Oh yeah!

[NCLib23]

2. Tammy Bruce's Column

I hate posting stuff from FPM but I am tired of people celebrating the death of anyone. I disagree'd with Reagan on everything, but he was still human, and he still has family. I have no problem with discussing his many problems, but celebrating his death is f'ing wrong and heartless.

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13678

I thought DU would be a place of compassion, not hatred....

[BeFree]

5. "Do a little dance...

...Make a little love, get down tonight"... a song from the RR era, just for you NClib23

[FarLeftRage]

6. There is compassion on DU

But, you got to remember we are the oppositon political force here.

So, it is going to be real difficult to find any compassion for a member of our opposition.

Yes, he was human and had a family...but he also had the free will to be a much better person than he was.

I know that his choice in life made him the scorn of us here at DU.

[NCLib23]

9. Scorn is fine

I do totally understand that, but I've always felt Progressives were compassionate, and the last few days have been anything but.

His life was no less valuable than mine, his family's pain no less real than I have felt at the loss of family members, and to let political/personal views make us lose site of the inherent value in all life is just saddening to me.

Intelligent discussions of the errors of his ways are fine, and a good balance to the love fest on tv. I just wish we weren't so damn happy about it.

[Webster Green]

10. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Piperay]

4. Yeah and it aint pretty

not what comes from either side... worship as a God on one side and revilement toward the devil on the other. It's too bad there isn't some way to separate the man (as a human being) from his policies.

[BeFree]

8. Know what?

I was raised on the Bible. In that good book, is a warning. Ya may just go to hell for doing bad things. Things like lie and kill. Things like neglect the poor. Guess what? It happens, that's why there is a hell, if ya can dig it.

[calimary]

7. Probably indifference. My reaction when Reagan bit it was

more or less one of non-surprise, with a little "what took him so long" thrown in. Having watched an elderly relative die after a long, lingering, miserable, debilitating illness (complications from diabetes), my thoughts weren't for the dying so much as for the poor spouse and immediate family members who were being put through hell in a game they could only lose. We all knew there'd be an unhappy ending. It was just unfortunate how it was prolonged. It taught me that the human body is JUST NOT MEANT to, or designed to linger that long in such a deteriorated state. NOTHING good comes of it. ALl you have is inevitable death, horrifying expenses that not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to absorb (like the Reagans), and a lot of sad, broken-hearted people, many of them in deep denial until the bitter end. I didn't give a hoot about him. He was beyond help, beyond caring. But I felt bad for Nancy Reagan.

For bush's passing, whenever that may be, it'll just be the Queen song wafting through my brain - "Another One Bites the Dust..." I'll probably feel too guilt-ridden to out-n-out celebrate, but there'll be a large part of the inside of me that will want to. I would hope his daughters have their own lives and families or lovers or someone else to turn to for comfort, so they don't have to be sucked into the python coils of that AWFUL family.

[MoonRiver]

11. Chimpy is what, 56. I'm not holding my breath on that one.

But I do know how I'll react when he goes down to DEFEAT this November! :party::toast::party:

[union_maid]

12. No vengence from me

If he dies in office, I'll celebrate, dance in the streets, set off fireworks and cry "Free at last!" from the rooftops. I don't believe that without him as front man the rest of the cabal will be able to maintain power. However, if it's 20 years from now, I doubt I'll really care.