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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:25 PM Original message |
Obama Has the Best Attributes of Ronald Reagan...without the worst |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. alzheimers ronny did NOTHING positive for this country--and that crap about him being |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Can't even give him credit for his communication skills? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. why should I pretend he had skills he didn't? he was a lousy actor, and a lousy speaker. |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Then you were under a rock in the early 1980's. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. no, I wasn't. I was there for iran-contra, for all the crap during his admin. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I just gave you two, plus a link to dozens of others |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. let me put this very plainly. I don't give a rat's ass what is said about his |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Plain enough. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. not dead wrong-- one of the few people who didn't buy his crap, thank you very much. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Reagan's address the night of the Challenger disaster...poignant, healing |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I know you're being serious, but the Challenger address was |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. 137 leading experts in rhetoric were asked to list the 100 best speeches in US history |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. "healing"??? |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Listen to it and tell me he didn't help the nation start to heal |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Why on earth would any DU'er to scraping around trying to find something positive |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Why would you ignore the post |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. I suspected you were attempting to praise Obama. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
56. This must be the worst post ever. |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hated Ronald Reagan |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I hated him back then myself |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Keeeeeeeerist! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. dool=good |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I hope you're okay |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thank you |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reagans "attributes" were all negative. |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. exactly |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Whenever you watched and listened to President Reagan, you had the feeling that you were in HELL |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well, maybe purgatory, but Hell? n/t |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's not just you. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm a raging moderate, banned for life from Free Republic for, well, you can guess |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. "ANYTHING right of the fringe" -- OMFG -- what site are you talking about? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. heh. |
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bellasgrams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Either the OP is a repb or they are too young to have lived in |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry, you lose. |
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bellasgrams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Another rebp wandered in. ALERT |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Wandered in and posted 888 times |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. BE HONEST--how many of you were glad to hear Reagan had Alzheimer's? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I called my best friend and asked, "are you and I the only two people who knew he had |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So you think he had it in the 70s? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. why should I have felt sad for them? I never saw any compassion in them. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. At least you read the post and responded to its content... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'll take Reagan seriously as soon as I'm done pissing on his grave. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Now THAT's classy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Is she available? |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Okay, now THATs funny. And I just might be insane...but that doesn't mean I'm wrong |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:52 PM Original message |
Don't believe everything the media injects into your mind. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't believe everything the media injects into your mind. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Don't believe everything the media injects into your mind. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. We get it, we get it, we get it. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. For the record, I'm on the record criticizing the Reagan administration |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. EEEEeeeeewwwwwww. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I'm guessing you're a horse lover, hoofhearted? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. My mother, and FDR Dem and WW II veteran, said Reagan was a B-rated actor |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. He was a sorry actor, for sure. The monkey outacted him. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ronald Reagan disgusts me -----NT |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. And we disgust you, too, I'm guessing |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
55. Go screw yourself. Ronald Reagan had no good attributes. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. What Reagan did right... and Obama seems to be promising... |
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