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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:58 AM Original message |
Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush? |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reagan/Poppy along with their own crimes, also made Dubya possible, so yes |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Reagan is a close second for "worst". |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Reagan declared ketchup a vegetable!!!!!!!! To cut school lunch costs!!! |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Bush put food on my family!!!!!!!!! |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with what Thom Hartmann said yesterday-- |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Well, if the 21st century honors haven't been claimed by Shrub... |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. I'll go along with that |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Who's responsible for a disaster of generations? The one who starts it? Or the one who finishes it? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The people who allow it. EOM |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Us? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yes, though i will add that "we" are in addition to the list of "those" who start and promulgate... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. The one who finishes it. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Too close to call. n/t |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Reagan started it -- Bush perfected it. |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. he certainly had a very strong following among the white middle and working class |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. He stole office, too. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I'll always believe that raygun |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Parry did a lot of the heavy lifting re: October Surprise |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. surprise, surprise! |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Right |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. They won because they own the media. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. So, we Democrats were to stupid to realize |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. No theft involved. Carter received only 49 electoral votes. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Close, but no. |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bush was worse by a nose |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. "growing realization..." Hah. n/t |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. no. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. There is no doubt in my mind he was |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, he was. He paved the way for the torture president. n/t |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. No. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:03 PM Original message |
Reagan certainly set the standard that a creepy media-created cult of personality |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. Reagan was definitely bad, but not the worst of the 20th century. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not even close. n/t |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. +1 n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. What people need to realize is that Dumbass was Reagan 2.0. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. As is so remarkably often the case... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Thank you. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I know I will get my ass kicked for this |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's almost an impossible comparison to make |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. You know how when tv commercials come on and suddenly the volume is blasting? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. If there had been no Raygun |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. This country was forsaken in the 60's with 3 assassinations |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. I think so. |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. NO! the same people who pulled Reagans strings also pulled Papas and juniors. Cheney & Co n/t |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Ronald was MUCH worse than Dubya |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I was amazed at how many of the Iran/Contra players |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Not Even Close |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
49. Bush is worse. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. I suppose I would have to agree that ultimately Reagan was worse, far worse |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Reagan's Shameful Legacy by Ted Rall |
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