Nightline evaluating Bonzo's regime

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doing both sides so far

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1. Alice Rivlin

Reaganomics=cut taxes, increase spending-->good for economy; taxes don't matter

then they quote Gary Bauer, lauding supplyside economics

Gary Bauer contradicts himself over whether RR was compassionate or not, by nonsequituring into spiel about how RR thought welfare didn't work

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2. they actually bring up that he started his campaign

in Philadelphia, Miss, touting states' rights, rather than mention that Scherner, King, Goodman were KILLED there!

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14. memory lapse

make that Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman

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3. This Has Possibilities....

Hi,

Maybe we will find out that he really didn't walk on water....GASP!

I almost fell over when he mentioned Reagan on Mt Rushmore.....let's not give the Reagan Wack-a-Loons any ideas.

Cheers,
Kim

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4. don't hold breath...they just had Rivlin and Wilkins

say that people admired his sticking to his guns, and communicating that certainty so well

SO FUCKING WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adolph Hitler was very good at staying on message

so is the chimp

what does THAT prove?

why is THAT admirable?

cause the fricking media says it is over and over and over and over, and even seemingly intelligent people often let that meme take over their critical thinking skills

fricking propaganda 101 is all it is......get the emotional message out there; drown out the logical; do it forever, and most people will fall in line, sooner or later

specially the media HOES

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5. Balanced reporting at least, too bad it's not prime time...

One commentator:

Reganomics means promoting selfishness and individualism instead of responsibility....

One man recalled his parents talking about "the boom time of the '80's for 'some' Americans not all of them..."

An AIDS activist:

"Mr. Reagan did not say the word AIDs for the first seven years ofhis administration...Mr. Reagan was deliberately silent for most of his years."

Says one commentator:

He had a few simple ideas, "strength in the military", "cut taxes" and I think people admired that strength even though they didn't agree with him.

Sounds like the picture they TRY to paint of Bush re: war and taxes. :eyes:

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6. good job getting those in........I was typing other stuff

now they're quoting CFR shill Les Gelb talking admiringly about how adaptable he was on foreign policy

DUH!!!!! he was a fricking PUPPET, who didn't know what he was talking about

really sucking up to him now

evil empire quote....blah blah blah

they're really oversimplifying things now, talking about ramping up military budget.

wonder if they'll talk about Team B, and the ridiculous, purposeful overestimating USSR's military/economic strenght

so far, no

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7. This sounds interesting, I will check it out tonight...

thanks for the heads up...

at least it's not a puff piece

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9. really bad skimjob of his foreign policy...didn't even MENTION

Central America

bet they'll do something on Nicaragua, etc.

and IGNORE the tens of thousands of deaths caused by US funded goon squads in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

what you wanna bet?


they're having on one of his hagiographers next

oh boy

who? Lou Cannon? no doubt some propagandoid assmunch

have their been any popular demythologizing Reagan bios?

and WHERE's Mark Hertsgaard?

how silly

his book was all about how the MEDIA was instrumental in all this crap we're being fed 24/7

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8. Reagan received positive remarks ONLY on his foreign policy

and NOTHING ELSE!

Nightline did a fair report this time.

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10. WRONG! they SAID he'd gotten positive POLL numbers on FP

I saw it......they gave both sides on other stuff so far

it IS Lou Cannon, Reagan sycophant of the highest order on now

what a surprise

talking about important stuff, like whether he should be on Mt. Rushmore!!!!!!!!!

way to go, Ted, you simpering jackass

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11. now Cannon is defending Reagan's racism

he was for Jackie Robinson! so WHAT!

then he says he was against "special preferences"

nice code words, jerkoff

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12. last question: was he as affable, gregarious as he seemed in public?

what are you DOING, Ted

QUIT!

who the fuck CARES about that?

completely worthless question

what did that have to do with what he DID?

as the chicago tribune story about this said today:

"Actions speak louder than words"

this really really BLEW

and so do YOU, ted, you incompetent fluffer

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13. it's over......it's allllllll over....one of the WORST Nightlines I've

ever seen, and that's saying something

not ONE mention of Iran/Contra (did I miss while typing?)

not ONE mention of the TRIPLING of the national debt, his RAISING taxes like six times after the initial tax cut

the fact that the economy grew at the SLOWEST PACE since WWII was over

the fact that real wages during the 80s did NOT increase ONE BIT

stuff like that

good job, Ted

now RETIRE, and find a journalist to take your spot

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15. Any mention of his support for Saddam Hussein?

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16. Ha-Ha

Hi,

Woo-hoo what a laugh! As if they would mention that....

Cheers,
Kim

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17. did you see chicago cub today?

THAT was worth mourning over

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18. Cubbies

Hi,

No....I missed it! I'll have to read the sports page.

Cheers,
Kim

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19. that was joke......goes all the way back to their third baseman

of many years ago....can't even remember his name

not Santo....won batting championship two years in a row, then they traded him cause he made too much money

sound familiar?

he made a potato chip commercial in which he said this:

"Hi! I'm........ of Chicago Cub!"

never forgot that

referred to them as chicago cub ever since