bluestateguy
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:33 PM
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Caller on local talk show: Honor Reagan's legacy by re-electing Bush |
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Here we go. Some dumb ass called a local radio talk show this morning to say that to REALLY honor Reagan's legacy the best thing to do would be to "re" elect Bush and fully support Reagan's policies. Fortunatley this guy is just a peon, but let's wait and see if the Republican office holders, columnists and talk show hosts follow suit.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:35 PM
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1. Sorry, that dog won't hunt |
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:37 PM
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5. I'm waiting for Bush to declare the first Tuesday in November |
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National Reagan Memorial Day.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:36 PM
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2. well that is just funny |
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if this is what they have, those people that are already hesitant on bush will run away faster, especially when we collectively start remembering the true reagan
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:36 PM
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3. The best way to honor him would be to take restrictions off of stem cell |
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research. Who knows what kind of life their hero would have had had they not pulled the rug out from under life saving research for his condition?
In a sense, it's poetic...he did the same thing with aids that his unthinking compatriots have done with research for curing and treating alzheimers.....turned it into a religious war rather than taking a scientific approach to a medical condition.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:43 PM
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12. Think we ought to ask this Congress to support stem cell research in honor |
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Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 02:49 PM by pinto
of a past Pres who died of Alzheimer's....I think that would be fitting........let them spin that.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:48 PM
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16. Screw that, let's throw his mug on a coin (nt) |
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Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 02:48 PM by jpgray
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:31 PM
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Reagan and FDR may soon share the 10-cent coin.
<snip>
But Grover Norquist, the chairman of the Reagan Legacy Project, thinks that the treasury will be ready to put Reagan on at least half of the dimes minted in the (sadly) not-too-distant future when Reagan passes on.
"Within a few days of Reagan passing away, we will have enough signatures to get the treasury to act on their own," Norquist says. "For awhile we've been asking, 'what is the thing we should do to honor Reagan when he passes away?' Putting on half the dimes would be a big one.... Souder's bill just shows there's a popular political movement for this, and it makes it easier for treasury to do it."
Norquist rejects the idea that changing the dime would dishonor FDR.
<more>
www.nationalreview.com/geraghty/geraghty200312100838.asp
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:56 PM
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26. Reagan actually belongs on the quarter... |
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since he was a two-bit actor/pitchman
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:37 PM
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4. Actually, it makes sense. |
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Reagan's legacy was corruption, war, deficits and making the rich richer. Bush has done a magnificent job following that example.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:38 PM
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6. Anytime they mention Bush and Reagan in the same breath, what is... |
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the response we should give? "I knew Ronald Reagan and George Bush is no Ronald Reagan".... :)
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:40 PM
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didnt like when reagan said it, dont like honoring reagan with saying it to bush
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:43 PM
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It was Lloyd Bentsen in '88, to Quayle, re JFK.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:45 PM
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i questioned self, should have listened;-)
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:46 PM
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15. And as much as we loved it...it didn't go over well in the press |
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but I will always LOVE Lloyd Bentsen for being so fast on his feet that night.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:51 PM
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That was the only time I have ever seen a debate that was effectively ended with a knockout punch.
And it helped Dukakis pick up a good 1%-2% in the polls too!
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:46 PM
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14. Reagan didn't say it. |
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It was Lloyd Bentson, Dukakis' running mate who said it in the 1988 VP debate to Dan Quayle when he tried to compare himself to JFK.
So it's a safely Democratic thing to say, and I like it.
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:35 PM
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23. I agree, crunchyfrog.... |
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But it's the dummy that sells the act..:)
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:39 PM
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7. Doubt if Busboy wants to be upstaged by a dead President, but his |
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admin is full of Reaganites. Interesting to see how this goes...I'd bet on media and other stand-ins to make the link repeatedly. Especially the legacy (solemnly appropriate) thing.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:40 PM
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8. Meanwhile, we'll get our white gloves and hats out, shine our shoes |
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and keep quiet out of respect. :eyes: We need to be discussing his policies and the effects they've had on the citizens of the US and other countries. Educate people with the facts.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:40 PM
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9. That won't work. Those who loved RR also LOVE Nancy. |
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Nancy won't let ShrubCo do that! I'm not even sure that Rove will really try it, because the backlash from Nancy's berating sould be fatal to Shrub and he knows it.
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Sun Jun-06-04 02:57 PM
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18. from your keyboard to God's ear eom |
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:00 PM
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19. why don't they stuff him like Jeremy Bentham? |
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take him along to all the monkey's appearances
talk about utilitarianism
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:16 PM
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20. they should see this for what it really is |
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Reagan's death is a dark omen for the conservative movement, they should recognize it as such. Soon all those political dinosaurs that were part of the Reagan era and are now in the current administration, but have failed to adjust to a modern world that lacks the "evil empire", will be put out to pasture as caretakers of the Reagan library.
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:34 PM
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22. Barbara should quit calling in for her son..we are wise to that trick babs |
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:37 PM
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24. did the caller sound like Bush? |
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did it sound like it could have been a long distance call from France?
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Sun Jun-06-04 03:37 PM
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25. Please, don't make me lose my lunch |
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