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RoccoR5955

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3. I do not remember Raygun saying nothing
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 07:56 PM
Mar 2016

I DO remember that in 81 or 82 Raygun called AIDS a "gay cancer." I know this because though I am straight, I do have gay friends. My brother was gay, and got AIDS in the mid 80s. Raygun refused to fund early research, and as far as I am concerned killed my brother, and many of my friends.
Be that as it may, I shall NEVER EVER vote for a RepubliCON in my life. I never have either. I shall vote against them each and every time in every race from dog catcher to president.
Every time I hear that name it reminds me of his shitty words, and I want to just throw the radio, tv, or whatever, out the window.
I come close to puking when I hear him brought up in conversation, and I remind folks that he was actually one of the WORST presidents of all time, and tell them the truth about all the other things that he and his cronies did against the PEOPLE of the US!
Nancy can go rot in hell, alongside her piece of shit husband!

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Thank you Madfloridian.. haikugal Mar 2016 #1
The movie The Dallas Buyer's Club really did an expose of the aids crisis during the Reagan years. jillan Mar 2016 #2
HBO's The Normal Heart did an amazing, heartbreaking expose' of those years. madfloridian Mar 2016 #4
Another good one is And The Band Played On DawgHouse Mar 2016 #6
Powerful movie. madfloridian Mar 2016 #9
I do not remember Raygun saying nothing RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #3
My sentiments exactly. nt JEB Mar 2016 #22
I wish I could K and R this a googleplex times! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #5
Me, too. I love recs. madfloridian Mar 2016 #7
Clinton has since apologized nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #8
Did it stop the pain people feel about losing a loved one to AIDS? Kalidurga Mar 2016 #10
I would expect not nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #11
Then her apology is meaningless. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #12
My posting that link is not to be construed to mean I excuse her, LiberalElite Mar 2016 #13
No I don't think you excuse her Kalidurga Mar 2016 #15
Believe me, I'm not disposed to be easy on her for any reason. LiberalElite Mar 2016 #16
No she didn't. She smokebombed Scootaloo Mar 2016 #28
Anti-Black Anti-LBGTQ dog whistle is what she did. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #14
Yep. Speaking to her base. nt ladyVet Mar 2016 #23
Thank you Mbrow Mar 2016 #17
You are welcome. madfloridian Mar 2016 #18
Some of us have long memories and will always remember the Reagan's as monsters. Rex Mar 2016 #19
K & R for a great post.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #20
No way Hillary didn't know this stuff. Clintons were active in politics then, they knew. madfloridian Mar 2016 #24
But in those days the establishment Democrats weren't much better. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #27
those of us who remember those years Skittles Mar 2016 #21
Same here Skittles, for as long as I live. Rex Mar 2016 #25
With you on this. MuseRider Mar 2016 #26
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