I'll probably be admonished for this

[Ironpost]

Ronald Reagan was the worst president we had until * came along. He was totally controlled by basically the same folk who (PNAC) are controlling our pResident now. It has been contributed to Reagan that he was the catalyst for the fall of the evil empire (Russia) when actually Russia was imploding. I feel for the family for I have been touched by Alzheimer on a personal level, before it was diagnosed as a disease. Back when we called it senile. My condolences to the Reagan family.

[mhr]

1. I Share Your Sentiments, Reagan's Evil Was Only Outdone By GW

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[playahata1]

2. As I told another poster:

Don't apologize. Speak your truth. And speak it to power.

[buycitgo]

4. you're both completely correct

Reagan's legacy:

media submission/style over substance, allowing Bernays/Goebbels rule of image

consolidation of power among fewer sources in government, leading to renegade outfits like OSP

massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich

destruction of all areas of infrastucture, from highways to hospitals, from SS to medicare to the schools; no money for anything but the national security state

[Zinfandel]

3. People want and need to be informed of the facts, not the bullshit!!!

That they are being fed on television...Reagan was a ultra- right-wing, lying, anti-choice, environmentally destructive, union bashing, poor hating, de-regulating corporatism loving, imperialistic old fool. (And I'm being gentle here, because he died).

Being informed and getting the TRUTH is what this DU forum is suppose to be about...

Surely not sentimentality.

Gee, I wonder if it was wrong to tell the truth after the pig, J Edgar Hoover died, or Hitler, or any other right-wing fascist???

[libhill]

5. I`m sure that

the repukes`ll be having a sob fest for the rest of the summer.

[Zinfandel]

6. Wait till you see the Reagan shit they are going to throw at Americans

at the Republican Convention in September in New York City, right near and around the anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy.

[wildmanj]

7. Reagan

operated government on the KISS PRINCIPAL---keep it simple and stupid and the people will follow---but may the deceases rest in peace---have pity for those left behind to pay the bills