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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher on Ronald Reagan last night - must see TV [View all]ErikJ
(6,335 posts)135. Godfather of Conservatives Goldwater says:
"Todays so-called conservatives dont even know what the word means. They think Ive turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. Thats a decision thats up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. Its not a conservative issue at all. ~Barry Goldwater
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future. ~Jimmy Carter
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
~Lyndon Johnson
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. ~Woodrow Wilson
I like that about the Republicans; the evidence does not faze them, they are not bothered at all by the facts. ~Bill Clinton
. A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
~Woodrow Wilson
Even as someone whos labeled a conservative Im a Republican, Im black, Im heading up this organization in the Reagan administration I can say that conservatives dont exactly break their necks to tell blacks that theyre welcome. ~Clarence Thomas
The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out whos hitting you? Its about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.~Harry Truman
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after theyre dead. ~Leo Rosten
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. ~George Will
Republicans dont like people who talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Dont talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged. ~Harry Truman
You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.~JacquelineKennedy Onassis
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, Two cars in every garage. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, Two families in every garage.~Harry Truman.Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.~Lyndon Johnson
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Yeah, I loathed him when he was Governor of CA, and I didn't live there. Bill is spot on about RR.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#99
In the Beltway Reagan's two terms was PROOF that America had turned...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#151
Makes me wonder though, who did Bill Maher vote for in 1980? He is NOT a democratic voter.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#3
Couldn't care less who Maher voted for 33 years ago. He's comes down on the side of issues that
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#9
MILLIONS of people with AIDS died during Ronald Reagan's first term. I don't find it funny
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#54
people who voted for Reagan/Bush/NaderEisenhower/Nixon got 100% OF what they wanted to get.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#64
RR won a narrow victory in 1980: With 489 electoral votes? 55% of the popular vote?
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#24
55% of the popular vote. Almost 91% electoral votes. Huge landslide that dreams are made of
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#36
The gap in the figures I quoted? Those were Anderson's. RR got 91% electoral votes & 48 states
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#109
Add up 3rd party (repub Anderson to Carter, and take out the sabatoge of the Hostages(now proven)...
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#56
I forgave Teddy, but it should have been Carter/Kennedy (and they should have given Mondale another)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#77
Was graham for Ronnie? I sure wasn't. Obama, I think he voted Reagan if he even bothered
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#41
Actually, it's more out of actual FEAR of being seen on a show where that was said...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#31
A lot of people here will give you a list of staffers guilty of crimes during Reagan but,....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#117
True. But I do think he wasn't as extreme as current tea partiers, like Cruz. nt
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#38
He was complicit in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Central and South America.
Rozlee
Jun 2013
#105
Oh, I don't need quotes. I REMEMBER RR very well. But he WOULD compromise...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#107
Yes. Far right. All about money and the privileged. But not wacko, & he would compromise....
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#108
In the early 1960s, he was one step removed from the John Birch Society....
YoungDemCA
Jun 2013
#115
Not to mention Clinton had his faults for sure, but is still more highly rated than Reagan today
MillennialDem
Jun 2013
#44
So do I. Thanks for a positive note here, the only one for the gipper.
mountain grammy
Jun 2013
#137
Of all the bad things Reagan did to us, perhaps the worst is he gave us Peggy Noonan.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2013
#33
Amazing how many peasants still love their oppressors and hate the oppressed (from 2011).
HughBeaumont
Jun 2013
#39
On every major national problem you can trace its source back to the early 1980s.
1-Old-Man
Jun 2013
#62
If nothing else you have to give him credit when one/two Republicans are sitting inches away...
Dawgs
Jun 2013
#89
Like Benedict Arnold, Ronald Reagan should forever be associated with national disgrace.
Zorra
Jun 2013
#101
it's true - no point in trying to candy coat the past - Reagan was all of that and worse
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#126
Before destroying the whole country, Reagan destroyed my beautiful California.
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#140