Ronald Reagan was right......

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11. I didn't vote for RR either. I thought the frigging world was coming to an end with he got in.

I'd known of his actions in CA, and I was sick when he beat Carter. And in a way, much of the world that I knew and many counted on did come to an end, his first actions showed that he had joined the worst of them.

And then he used his acting skills and that sentimental music to convince voters he was going to be their long-lost Daddy, whatever. Really slick presentations.

His election was the religious right's victory. Remember the GOP primaries of that decade with Ralph Reed, Alan Keyes and televangelist Pat Robertson?

Within a few months of RR's reign, it was one of those 'I told you so' momenta as he went after unions. Because I was in a union and warned my fellows that RR would harm us. In fact, our employers boasted how we'd be 'put in our place,' when RR got in office. They saw their work degraded, wages and benefits slashed and eventually their jobs gone.

Many of them were angry with women and minorities getting into the union to compete with them. You know, the anti Affirmative Action, 'they didn't really deserve it,' crowd.

What goes around, comes around. And I haven't seen any improvement among GOP voters, the Reagan Democrats.

Thanks for not voting for him!