Dems Furious At Narrative Of Reagan's "Golden Age" & What It Has Done To The Nation (Robert Parry)

[kpete]

The Democrats-Praise-Reagan Game

By Robert Parry
January 23, 2008


As a journalist who investigated Reagan-era scandals – from secret arms deals with Iran and Iraq to drug traffickers protected by the covert wars in Nicaragua and Afghanistan – I always recoiled when Democrats prostrated themselves in praise of Ronald Reagan.

Beyond the pandering component, there was the annoying assumption that the rest of us were too stupid to see what they were up to, as they tried to sound “bipartisan” or buy a measure of protection from Republican attacks.

Now, a recurrence of this “Democrats-praise-Reagan" game has intruded on the 2008 presidential campaign as both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have had to explain seemingly favorable comments about President Reagan.

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However, at this critical juncture of Campaign 2008, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have discovered there is a risk in playing this game. An angry Democratic “base,” which has grown weary of Democratic leaders bowing to Republican power, is in no mood to hear sweet nothings whispered about Ronald Reagan.

Many rank-and-file Democrats are furious at how much harm the false Republican narrative of Ronald Reagan’s golden age has done to the nation.

more at:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/012208.html

[rpannier]

1. Proud to say I am one of those Dems who isn't interested in the love-fest with ronnie

[Frances]

2. Same here

I was leaning Obama until I read his interview with the conservative Nevada paper.

[autorank]

3. #5. What a creep that Reagan was. Parry is so on target1 n/t

[Lugnut]

4. K&R n/t

[roguevalley]

5. I despised that rat bastard as governor of California and also

as pres. Good god. How the hell did this happen?