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29. Those are fair points

And her full process of "change" would be interesting to learn about.

I would also be interested in learning about how she reconciled her focus on personal wealth with the disregard for "the other" that to me Reagan embodied. How did he get her to ignore what an all around awful human being he was?

That interests me.

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I was 19 years old when Ronald Reagan was first elected... [View all]	MrScorpio	Jul 2014	OP
I was older and	Sherman A1	Jul 2014	#1
me too	barbtries	Jul 2014	#15
I was 15, saw the same things	Cresent City Kid	Jul 2014	#2
Exactly!!! "And Reagan himself was a clueless idiot who	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#31
He was a carnival barker	Mr.Bill	Jul 2014	#66
^^^^This!^^^^ + a gazillion!	love_katz	Jul 2014	#69
Yep, he was, well put!!! n/t	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#71
He was a carnival barker	AlbertCat	Jul 2014	#109
when it was finally admitted that he had alzheimer's, I called a friend, and said, "are you and I	niyad	Jul 2014	#82
It was clear to me that Reagan was senile all during second term	Gothmog	Jul 2014	#123
I've wondered about the dementia issue, but it really doesn't matter.	Jackpine Radical	Jul 2014	#88
... yes, basically, he was a conduit for evilness tearing at the fabric of mankind. I recall well	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#98
...	handmade34	Jul 2014	#3
Thirded!	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#65
^^^^This!^^^^ + a gazillion!	love_katz	Jul 2014	#70
Yep, and what appalled me then	deutsey	Jul 2014	#4
I have friends? today that still think he was one of the greatest presidents. Brainwashing	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#32
He was a mean, spiteful person who had the venier of charm	Cosmocat	Jul 2014	#38
He was nice to people he knew personally	Generic Brad	Jul 2014	#68
I was 25. He took my college funding & I went back to work.	rickyhall	Jul 2014	#5
My last year of financial aid for college was under the first full year of Reagan. Funding was cut	villager	Jul 2014	#102
I was 18	ALBliberal	Jul 2014	#6
I was 23 and you are indeed correct	Freddie	Jul 2014	#7
Yep, we've been fucked over REAL good	Roy Serohz	Jul 2014	#8
I was 31 and remember	safeinOhio	Jul 2014	#9
I was 20 and in the grips of Bruce Springsteen heralding the decency and contentment.....	Trust Buster	Jul 2014	#10
I think you're on the right track...	Blanks	Jul 2014	#85
I was 14 and my parents liked him	AllyCat	Jul 2014	#11
That is such a huge WTF to me, that many, in fact a lot, still don't get what	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#33
Same, age, same story. My parents both voted for him in '80 -- I instantly despised him.	Arugula Latte	Jul 2014	#77
I wasn't born yet, but his legacy is still screwing us all.	Chisox08	Jul 2014	#12
I was seven	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#13
I was 30 and he made me quit hating Nixon and start hating him and Bush.	hobbit709	Jul 2014	#14
That was funny. Thanks	Trust Buster	Jul 2014	#86
I was	mercuryblues	Jul 2014	#16
I was 18 starting college	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#17
Eliazabeth Warren voted for Reagan twice, she was a Reganomics Republican. After Ron she voted	Bluenorthwest	Jul 2014	#23
Reagan started on the left didn't he? But he fulfilled the dreams of the right when he changed.	navarth	Jul 2014	#103
"we are all too invested in staying on this same disastrous course"	PowerToThePeople	Jul 2014	#18
I posted yesterday -	TBF	Jul 2014	#19
Just a couple years older. You leave out the worst of it. Reagan = Death	Bluenorthwest	Jul 2014	#20
Reagan was a liberal who was lured to conservatism	Zambero	Jul 2014	#24
Reagan was a Republican going back to the 1950's. Warren voted for him eagerly, as she was	Bluenorthwest	Jul 2014	#25
Those are fair points	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#29
She did not ignore it, she embraced Reagan's views.	Bluenorthwest	Jul 2014	#30
Here's the thread I mentioned	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#36
Embraced or Igonored	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#34
Excerpts from Warren's address to Netroots	Zambero	Jul 2014	#43
I've seen it all	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#46
People Change. That was 30 years ago. It's no secret, give it a rest.	Tommymac	Jul 2014	#94
Go ahead	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#120
Nearly 60% of the country voted for him in '84	Zambero	Jul 2014	#105
Still concerned	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#122
We should prefer HRC to Warren? Is that what you are getting at?	Enthusiast	Jul 2014	#58
Do politicans ultimately disqualify themselves?	Zambero	Jul 2014	#106
I got to get a preview during his 2 terms as CA Governor. It was disastrous he left	mulsh	Jul 2014	#21
My son says that his first memory	blue neen	Jul 2014	#22
29 and I still remember	LiberalElite	Jul 2014	#26
I lost faith in him when he screwed over Carter with the hostage "deal.".	RoverSuswade	Jul 2014	#27
I was a little older and had been lucky enough to be with a couple of companies	RKP5637	Jul 2014	#28
I was 18 years old when Margaret Thatcher was first elected.....	Applan	Jul 2014	#35
Same here...	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jul 2014	#37
I knew at the time	moondust	Jul 2014	#39
I remember seeing him announce on Tv he was running for President	kimbutgar	Jul 2014	#40
Great post.	greatlaurel	Jul 2014	#42
I recall his pre-recorded spot in '66 announcing for the CA governor's race	Zambero	Jul 2014	#44
But are we upset enough to actually reform politics?	dfgrbac	Jul 2014	#41
We drove through the Midwest farm belt during the start of the farm crisis created by Reagan cronies	greatlaurel	Jul 2014	#45
Sadly, I remember laughing at the improbability of his election in the 70s. I NEVER laugh now.	joanbarnes	Jul 2014	#47
I remember doing that with Bush the Lesser	AllyCat	Jul 2014	#52
I voted for Carter,	benld74	Jul 2014	#48
1980 was my very first election	MrScorpio	Jul 2014	#49
silly to blame it all on Reagan	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#50
OK, so we can't blame it "all" on Reagan,	Curmudgeoness	Jul 2014	#57
point is that Reagan could not have done what he did	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#115
Raygun took the top tax rates from 70% to 50% and then to 28%	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#79
well, he got the rates back up	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#117
Nothing is ever "permanent"	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#119
I never say anything about "the 1%"	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#128
"MOST of the Bush tax cuts were made permanent"	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#129
oh those poor, poor public servants making over $100,000	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#130
"oh those poor, poor public servants making over $100,000"	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#131
again I have no idea what you are talking about	hfojvt	Jul 2014	#135
Now you are arguing for arguing's sake	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2014	#137
I totally agree	lordsummerisle	Jul 2014	#87
Ronald Reagan was my first presidential vote...	ymetca	Jul 2014	#51
Don't forget the astrologer who made important decisions for him.	AllyCat	Jul 2014	#53
he also never went to church, even in the WH: he said the Libyans would get him if he went	MisterP	Jul 2014	#61
Schmitz. Now there is another thing I didn't know.	AllyCat	Jul 2014	#97
that was Mary Kay LeTourneau's dad, in fact (and the abandoned kids are her half-siblings)	MisterP	Jul 2014	#113
Gets better	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2014	#126
Didn't take me long to figure it out either - that's why...	polichick	Jul 2014	#54
Very well said!	emsimon33	Jul 2014	#55
Even worse than Reagan's attacking the unions was	Enthusiast	Jul 2014	#56
I was not too long out of the military	Skittles	Jul 2014	#59
I was 34 when Reagen was anointed King of the Fascist Kingdom . I remember his saying " the problem	geretogo	Jul 2014	#60
i was 21, fresh out of college	noiretextatique	Jul 2014	#62
Your reaction was exactly the same as my reaction.	love_katz	Jul 2014	#75
So most of you folks are talking about when he became Presidente!	bayareaboy	Jul 2014	#63
When James Rector was shot to death, I was running down Telegraph Ave. while pigs shot at us	NBachers	Jul 2014	#92
We were soon learning it wasn't all peace and love from California...	FailureToCommunicate	Jul 2014	#104
Barack Hussein Obama STILL preaches the Gospel of Reagan's Trickle Down Economics. Par for the	blkmusclmachine	Jul 2014	#64
No one who doesn't tow that line will get anywhere near the Presidency.	harun	Jul 2014	#84
Fuck him.	47of74	Jul 2014	#67
Recommend. Reagan was a shallow, evil, sociopathic pig. nt	Zorra	Jul 2014	#72
He was a pathetic tool	MissDeeds	Jul 2014	#73
I was about the same age	jen63	Jul 2014	#74
Fuck Reagan, that evil bastard.	Arugula Latte	Jul 2014	#76
I was 17, and I still consider us just lucky ...	surrealAmerican	Jul 2014	#78
Poison your Minorities and pay for hidden wars...	easychoice	Jul 2014	#80
I was a lot older. I remember sitting in stunned horror watching the returns, and looking at my	niyad	Jul 2014	#81
He may have fucked the nation but he gifted the 1% with the keys to the kingdom	harun	Jul 2014	#83
Reagan would've fit in perfectly with today's GOP.	Jamaal510	Jul 2014	#89
I was older, and had already seen him in action as Governor of California	Hekate	Jul 2014	#90
Here,here!	annabanana	Jul 2014	#91
I was 19 years old when Ronald Reagan was first elected...	The CCC	Jul 2014	#93
"Reagan for Shah"	SHRED	Jul 2014	#95
I totally agree	heaven05	Jul 2014	#96
10 reasons why Ronald Reagan was the worst president of our lifetime	handmade34	Jul 2014	#99
I was 0. Similar happened to me and GWB though.	MillennialDem	Jul 2014	#100
that was my first presidential election	fizzgig	Jul 2014	#110
I was maybe a year older, and knew my adulthood had just been fucked...	villager	Jul 2014	#101
Reagan was a whore who sold out his principles for money and power.	Snarkoleptic	Jul 2014	#107
So, let's tell our friends and neighbors what we think and get out the Democrats to vote for	JDPriestly	Jul 2014	#108
Raygun opened to the door to Cheney and the rest of the crazies. A trojan horse that fooled the	kairos12	Jul 2014	#111
His election was the first moment I felt that I was on an alien planet.	6000eliot	Jul 2014	#112
"Well, I've read all this malarky	Iwillnevergiveup	Jul 2014	#114
I was 10 but by 13	Rex	Jul 2014	#116
You were smart.. you knew what was going on. I didn't know	Cha	Jul 2014	#118
I was 20.	LWolf	Jul 2014	#121
and then he gave them cheese...	butterfly77	Jul 2014	#124
I was in my first year of law school	Gothmog	Jul 2014	#125
I did laugh at him once	HockeyMom	Jul 2014	#127
Reminds me of ill-advised wedding songs	Zambero	Jul 2014	#132
Stalker song for a Wedding?????	HockeyMom	Jul 2014	#134
He was the first president I voted for in 1984, but sometime after that...	yurbud	Jul 2014	#133
What was it about Carter that you did not like? If I may ask.	Rex	Jul 2014	#136
I was too young to vote in the Carter/Reagan match. It was Mondale/Reagan	yurbud	Jul 2014	#138

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