Reagan for President

[Turbineguy]

Bumpersticker on a Jaguar.

Huh? I'm confused.

You'd think somebody who could afford a Jaguar would be smart enough to have noticed that Reagan was dead?

[Initech]

1. They're stuck in a time warp.

[CreekDog]

2. Same person that relies on a Jaguar for transportation?

Actually, I think this makes more sense than you realize. :think:

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Indeed!

:rofl:

[Drale]

3. AHHAHA

they are so desperate, they are going to nominate a corpse for president.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Ron Reagan (his son)...

Would be a fine President!

[awoke_in_2003]

19. Too bad they are probably referencing...

the dumb ass son (Mike, i think)

[madinmaryland]

5. Funny, but aren't Jaguars known as cars that spend more time in the shop

getting repaired than actually working.

:hmmmmm:

[AnArmyVeteran]

9. You are right. They spend 50% of the time on the side of the road.

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[mmonk]

8. Has been since 1980.

[Maccagirl]

10. Sad, but true.

n/t

[andym]

25. Reagan and Reagan's ghost have presided over this country since 1980

with their anti-government, pro-taxcut sentiments.

The very modest moves this government made to try to increase government regulation of industry (HC, CC, Financial reforms) and provide more people with health care have spurred a tremendous counter reaction from the Tea Party.

We need the left-wing equivalent of the freedom-loving Tea Party to promote equality of opportunity, fairness and pro-government sentiments or this country will again move rightwards as seems to be happening now.

[Angry Dragon]

11. He is still trickling down

He may just not be totally dead yet

[HawkerHurricane]

12. Campaign ad:

He raised taxes 8 times.
He gave amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens.
He was in favor of gun control.
He worked to destroy U.S. nuclear weapons.
Ronald Reagan: Too Liberal to be President.

OK, the numbers were from the Bureau of Statistics pulled from my rectum, but think about it: He raised taxes, he gave amnesty to illegal aliens, he wrote an editorial in favor of the Brady Bill, and signed a SALT treaty that eliminated nukes. Ronald Reagan is TOO LIBERAL for the current Republican Party.
Ricard Nixon is Too Liberal.
Dwight Eisenhower is Too Liberal.
Four of the last Five Republican Presidents would be Too Liberal for todays GOP.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. Reagan raised taxes, all right-- on working stiffs

including FICA taxes. On the other hand, the maximum federal income tax rate went from 70% during Carter's last full year to 28% during Reagan's last full year.

As for granting amnesty to illegal aliens, that was purely a business decision. It just meant that his buddies could legally keep their cheap help.

I never heard of Reagan coming out in favor of gun control-- he certainly never campaigned for it. It was Sarah Brady, the wife of Hinckley's other victim, who made the big push for it. If he wrote an editorial in favor, it was quickly forgotten.

The SALT Treaty did NOT eliminate nukes-- it just retired some of the aging ones, and froze the total number at existing levels. SALT I was signed under Nixon. SALT II was signed by Carter, but was not formally ratified by Congress. Nevertheless, it was adhered to until Reagan unilaterally withdrew in 1986.

And while he was governor of California, he sicced the National Guard on students at Berkeley and campaigned against saving the Redwoods.

Reagan was in no way, shape or form a liberal, even by today's Republican Party standards.

[HawkerHurricane]

30. Never said he was.

I said he was too liberal by today's GOP standards, not that he was Liberal. I was doing (unsuccessfully, it seems) a spoof of GOP campaign commercials. If he were running today, a GOP* opponent would make hay out of his actions.

His granting of amnesty was to help his buddies, but also to break the United Farm Workers. So, it was anti-union as well as pro-business, a two for one.

*GOP, T-Bagger, Bircher, it's all the same to me.

[Art_from_Ark]

31. I understand your post was a spoof

but Reagan is like a god to the wacko right-wingers. I don't think a GOP candidate today could make "hay" out of criticizing Reagan's actions.

But I will agree about your appraisal of "GOP, T-Bagger, and Bircher" :)

[trotsky]

32. You are absolutely correct.

Hell, Barry Goldwater would be too liberal for today's GOP.

[IDemo]

13. Lucas for Secretary of Energy

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Jaguar-Repair-3784/2010/10/Lucas-prince-darkness-1.htm

Q: Why do the British drink warm beer?
A: Lucas refrigeration

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Lucas, the Prince of Darkness...

as any old Triumph rider will tell ya :)

[IDemo]

24. Had to call the dealer from a payphone

when the new 750 Bonneville I was test riding broke down. Man, were they unhappy.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. the old triumph problem...

was headlights not working (Prince of Darkness) due to zener diode problems. What happened with the one you test rode?

[IDemo]

29. Died at the stoplight at a major intersection and wouldn't restart

This was 30 years ago, so my memory of the details is not exactly fresh. It was a "Royal" edition, built to honor, of all things, the wedding of Charles and Diana. Beautiful bike, black and gold. Sounded just like a motorcycle should. I don't even remember if they still had kickstarts by then, but after this incident and further reading in the old Cycle magazine, British bikes were off the radar.

[Jack Sprat]

15. Wish I had an FDR for President bumper sticker N/T

[IDemo]

16. That was easy

http://www.zazzle.com/fdr_bumper_sticker-128956581504080126

[Jack Sprat]

17. Outstanding, my friend.

I will have one very shortly, thanks to you. Totally cool. Thanks.

[IDemo]

18. Glad to have helped

I may have to adorn my old truck with one of those.

[TheKentuckian]

21. He's in his eighth term as we speak. It's krazy kewl when he's a Democrat.

[Jack Sprat]

22. Have you noticed that many ex-Reagan staff

are now disavowing Reaganomics and the entire tax cut, trickle down theory? They were shocked by the Bush years and the neocon wars. I think some of them are probably Democrats now.

[TheKentuckian]

26. Yeah, some folks are capable of recognizing utter failure and even admitting to it

[Autumn]

23. If they dig up his corpse and run it,

it would be a vast improvement over Palin in terms of intelligence and charisma.

[Raine]

28. THAT is descretion of a Jaguar

those people aren't fit to even have that car! x(