Official Ronald Reagan Thread

[Moderator]

OK fire away.

[alapolitical]

1. RIP to the man

To hell with the politics

[trof]

6. Can't believe the number on Alabamians on DU.

Like about 30 of us now.
Welcome alapolitical.
:hi:
I'm in Foley.

[alapolitical]

8. Hi trof

In Jasper

[southpaw]

21. Anniston, here

Or Anus-town, if you prefer. (PCB contamination, chemical weapons incinerator, worst schools in the state...)

Welcome to DU, alapolitical :hi:

[Sandpiper]

2. The Reagan Legacy

Or what I'll remember about his Presidency. Feel free to contribute.

Iran Contra
The Speech at Philadelphia Mississippi
Trickle Down Economics
A rising tide lifts all yachts
Ketchup is a vegetable
Trees cause air pollution
AIDS epidemic
Increasing the national debt by 189% in 8 years
Giving WMD to Saddam Hussein

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. "People of Bolivia..." in a speech in Brazil (nt)

[trof]

3. OK, I thought "Bedtime for Bonzo"

was a cute movie.
I liked him in "The Knute Rockne Story", and the one where he was a double amputee.
He was a pretty good B to A- actor.
I didn't like him in the roll of POTUS.
Out of his depth.
I don't think he was really in charge.
I blame his handlers.
Kind of like now, except I blame * AND his handlers.
So long, Ronnie.

[molly]

4. He did a couple of good things

RR Junior - love him - his daughter - his plea for stem cell research. All of this will backfire - especially on his adopted son Michael - instigator of Newsmax.

[madrchsod]

5. he didn`t have a clue after he was shot.

the neocon`s told him what to do and say. they did things in his name that he was unaware of..if it wasn`t for the failure of george the lesser we would be under a complete dictatorship by now..clinton just stopped the train for 8 yrs..now it`s rolling again.
..... oh yes ,he is not well liked by many ww2 vets in this town...

[Fenris]

7. I OWN THE PATTY DAVIS ISSUE OF "PLAYBOY"

And I have since I 11. Too young to make use of it, but I knew what it was. It was a steal at 4 bucks!

[FarLeftRage]

10. He rigged the 1980 election

by promising arms to the khomaniac if the hostages were kept longer...

In an indirect way, he was responsible for John Lennon's death...

[SarahB]

11. "Well .........(in my best Reagan immitation voice)

I'm dead."

[Reciprocity]

12. RIP Big Guy.

We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them -- this morning, as they prepared for their journey, and waved good-bye, and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
Speech about the Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986

[AlFrankenFan]

13. RIP

After seeing how devestated my good Republican friend was today, I can see that not only did Reagan mean a lot to him, but to others of both parties as well.

Though I wasn't alive during his administration, I have read quite a few things on him, and in my opinion, besides the fact he neglected the nation's poorest and spent money excessively on the military, he was an ok guy.

When I turned to Fox News at exactly 2:00 PM, unfortunately what I dreaded would happen last night did. Not only was it saddening, but it made me sick to my stomach to know how my friend feels right now, and reminds me what this administration is going to do - exploit it to it's fullest.

I will be in Pennsylvania from June 14 - 24 with my father and step-mother (and her family), and their being right-wingers isn't going to help. Every weekday noon till three and at 8 P.M. I'll be reminded of how the right-wingers are going to exploit the death of a beloved man to help win an election.

[necso]

14. I voted for Reagan twice,

but only as a loyal repug, because I never liked him. Reagan represented the triumph of the "Cowboy" conservatives and the inevitable decline of the republican party.

Reagan brought us sloganeering (marketing jingles really) in the place of wisdom, rigidity of outlook in the place of understanding, narrow mindedness in the place of perspective and posturing in the place of policy. Now all these things are accepted as a matter of course. Reagan was himself a hyped up commodity that had nothing in the way of real substance. Moreover, the triumph of Reagan opened the door for the triumph of chimpy --- and chimpy along with a host of far right, irresponsible policies are Reagan's enduring legacy.

It is an evil one.

Reagan was never a bright man and personally I think that he was already losing what little gifts he ever had when he was first elected president.

He is dead, no big deal, good riddance --- no sense in wasting all the thread space.

[necso]

24. Bumpthispuppyup.

2x

[Sean Reynolds]

15. May he burn in hell......

:-D

[NightTrain]

16. Out of respect for the dead...

...I choose to say nothing about Mr. Reagan at this time.

[fishnfla]

17. I'm wondering how John Hinckley feels?

is he like, geez, finally?

[Burma Jones]

18. So Long Uncle Ronnie, at least you won elections fair and square

America needed cheering up in 1980 and the Republicans had the cheeriest guy. We Democrats haven't had a cheery guy since Clinton.

These days, we need cheering up once again. It would behoove us to borrow a few pages from Reagan's playbook. The trouble these jackasses in charge have created can pass quickly if our candidate can summon up the same sort of optimism that Reagan had. That's the whole likeability thing, and it's more important than policy, ideology, voting records or money.

Personally, I detested the Reagan Administration - they had more criminal indictments than Nixon's Administration - they shut down the US Public Health Service Hospitals and enriched donors with the sell off. My Dad had reached the pinnacle of his career, as Director of the San Francisco USPHS Hospital, only to have it shut down.

I'm hoping that the public can compare the simple optimism shown by Reagan with the cold, cynical and incompetant Administration now in power.

[cosmicdot]

19. re: fair and square - "the October Surprise" term debuted ...

when the Reagan-Bush ticket committed treason by interfering in the foreign policy of the United States; by sabotaging President Carter and making deals for our country without authority; and, of course, affecting the outcome of the election on the weekend before the election ...

imagine had the hostages been freed the weekend before the election

[Burma Jones]

20. Carter would still have lost

People lost faith in him when he made that honest, but ill-advised, malaise speech, when he showed "backbone" and "resolve" by boycotting the Moscow Olympics. When those Choppers crashed in the Iranian desert. When Teddy Kennedy stabbed him in the back. When John Anderson siphoned off moderate republican votes that may have gone to Carter. When we had to sit for hours in Gas Lines. Carter was a good honest decent man, and a lousy politician. I mean, the idea of Reagan as President was an unthinkable joke until the political ineptitude of the Carter Administration made that joke a reality.


BTW, we Dems have stolen our fair share of elections too.

[gmoney]

22. "I've just outlawed the Soviet Union..."

"...bombing will begin in five minutes."

[gmoney]

23. Echoes of Limbaugh's addiction news...

The right is painting liberals as being "non-compassionate" because today some are pointing out negative aspects of RR's presidency instead of praising him to the heavens.

Like when many pointed out Limbaugh's hypocrasy regarding his drug abuse and his stated opinions on drug abuse... gee, where's your compassion for poor Rushbo?

Listen for that on Limbaugh on Monday, if you dare...