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ancianita

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16. Yes! All that fakery.

Reply to yankeepants (Reply #14)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:48 PM

Nov 2020

To hide that it was indeed the beginning of austerity imposed on the middle class by closing access to higher education. We were outraged about jacked up college prices and pissed off that govt loans got outsourced to banks that charged usury rates to get college loans.

Dumbing down, indeed.

And it's worked on today's 71 million Republican voters.

But we're going to take the $7.8 TRILLION wealth that taxpayers pay every year now, and heal that higher education debt shit, along with the planet and voting rights and women's, Blacks and LGBTQ rights. Corporations had better fall the fuck back.

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"If You Are Not a Good Actor, You Cannot Be A Good President" [View all] ancianita Nov 2020 OP

Reagan, is the reason I'm a Democrat Hip2bSquare Nov 2020 #1

You're not alone. ancianita Nov 2020 #2

The father of modern Republicanism. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #3

You are correct. ancianita Nov 2020 #4

Historians will not exactly polish the Reagan Presidency. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #5

Maybe, but they haven't clearly set out his long term damaging actions, either. ancianita Nov 2020 #6

This: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." Auggie Nov 2020 #7

Yes! The first corporate framing to weaken their target. ancianita Nov 2020 #9

Exactly. An actor reading lines. Holy shit, did I hate that phony MF! Auggie Nov 2020 #12

Totally with you. That this documentary comes out now, is important history to now remind us ancianita Nov 2020 #13

Hate radio. FOX News. The Dark Web. Social media. Trump. Auggie Nov 2020 #24

Amen! He's the one who ended the Fairness Doctrine and invited the building of the ancianita Nov 2020 #26

Me, too. 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #22

He sucked at both. yankeepants Nov 2020 #8

So bad that Republicans can draw a straight line from Reagan & AIDS to Trump & COVID. ancianita Nov 2020 #10

Shoulder pads, rouge, hair dye, and first shrew lady. yankeepants Nov 2020 #14

Yes! All that fakery. ancianita Nov 2020 #16

Hear! Hear! yankeepants Nov 2020 #17

Eddie Grant had this #1 song in Reagan's day, and echoes today. ancianita Nov 2020 #11

The anthem of the day. yankeepants Nov 2020 #15

Sure as hell is, friend. ancianita Nov 2020 #20

Kick! burrowowl Nov 2020 #18

My now liberal dad Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #19

Would you call him one of the Reagan Democrats? Cuz I always wondered about that label. ancianita Nov 2020 #21

No, he was a conservative Republican Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #23

I see. ancianita Nov 2020 #25

From what I've read, Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #27

Ah. Thanks for jogging my memory. ancianita Nov 2020 #28

Reagan cost me a good job. Eff him. Baked Potato Nov 2020 #29