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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:00 PM Original message |
Could someone give me a realistic list of the good things that Reagan did? |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:07 PM Original message |
You Asking Me? |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. 1st one |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. your post covers it quite thoroughly already. |
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Miss Authoritiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I've been thinking hard about this, and |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. He didn't have a face lift, but |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. If no one has done this, yet |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. bingo Mav, you got it in 1! He did no good |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ... but is paraphrased thusly in a Reagan webpage |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Clinton had the greatest expansion in history |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Oh crap, where did I leave the barf bucket? |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Just how I thought this thread would go. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:19 PM Original message |
Not bad for starters |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. He was good at telling jokes. |
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leftyandproud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. You n eed to understand.. |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nothing for the average American |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. the CIA created saddam |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. He was well liked in most of the USA as well as East & West Europe.... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. GWB is 1/10 the president Reagan was. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So you are convinced that Reagan's defense spending ended communism? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Watch what I can do! |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Lech Walesa led the movement that brought down the iron curtain |
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Ironpost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
76. the problem is * thinks he's 10 time the president of Reagan |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. He made us all feel so good about ourselves! |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What "work" did he do? |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Cold War work |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Other presidents did the same in terms of military and economic pressure |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Yes, all the post-war presidents helped defeat the Soviet bloc. |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. They did, but |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Truman and Kennedy also did especially well this area. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
68. Well, the nukes are still around. |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 05:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I am afraid. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Actually, Hungary was probably more responsible for the fall of the Wall |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Hungary influenced the timing, but it would have happened anyway. |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. You mean that it would have happened because of REAGAN right? |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 05:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Partly because of Reagan. |
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Ghlif (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. some things he did, whether good or bad is point of view... |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Did you catch Mario Cuomo on Lou Dobbs today? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. he died |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not today. Sorry. n/t |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. Showed us how a real president reads from a script |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, a few decent one liners... AND maybe Nancy... |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'll list 5 |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:25 PM Original message |
Here are some of Reagan's deeds... |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. I take it that's an error |
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unfrigginreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. "No one on DU hates that dead sonofabitch cocksucker more than I do." |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. well, we can be equal |
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jtb33 (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. He banned the manufacture of new machine guns... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. here........ |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Deleted message |
Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "a wife with bigger balls than he had" |
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unfrigginreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. LOL |
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uhhuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. 6. ??? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Wow |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. LOL! |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. You crack me up dude! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. GW Bush is letting his dick ruin his presidency |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. LOL! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. wow tombstoned in only ONE post ROFL eo, |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. He fathered a real spitfire of a son. |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Wasn't his son on a very special episode of "Webster"? |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Entirely possible. |
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waruimono (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. he was a great philosopher--one of his speeches |
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uhhuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I Guess you and I |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Deleted message |
NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. ahhh ZW don't hold back now, tell us what you REALLY think LOL |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I have a favor to ask |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. i gotta agree with one sentence in there-- |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Almost certaibly written by someone else |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Give you a realistic list? |
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politicaljunkie3 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. He gave a good speech.... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. He was a devoted husband to Nancy. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. because he couldn't function without her |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
64. Maybe they latched onto Reagan because of how bad the GOP looked |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-04 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
69. The long answer to your question is: No, not really. |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-04 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. Reagan ended the Iran Hostage Crisis. |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-04 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
73. Protection of children with disabilities |
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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-04 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
74. Safety net nonsense. It was the first time |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. List of the good things Reagan has done, from the US Senate. |
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