Imposter: Reaganites catching on to what Bush is

[Generator]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385518277/102-9961615-3292929?n=283155&s=books&v=glance

Impostor : How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy by Bruce Bartlett

Bartlett's attack boils down to one key premise: Bush is a shallow opportunist who has cast aside the principles of the "Reagan Revolution" for short-term political gains that may wind up hurting the American economy as badly as, if not worse than, Nixon's did.

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And believe me, I know and share most of your thoughts about Reagan. But the title made my night. Betraying the Reagan legacy: someone call Hannity STAT!

[aquart]

1. When will they catch on to what Reagan was?

Because as long as that sham is idolized, Bush after Bush will be our reality.

[Generator]

5. I know I know

Reagan is dead but the myth of his greatness will never die. Ugh. But calling Bush an imposter is so apt, so mighty, so dignified that I had to post just for that. Oh yeah-all this guy cares about is the economy-and that isn't even on the top of my list-but YEAH Bush is an imposter at everything. Hell, he wasn't even elected by the people. So apt.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. I'm just glad they have realized

the truth about Bush before he has buildings and locations named after himself!

[saltpoint]

2. I'd love to see the truth of Dubya's many deceptions driven into the

thick skulls of the people who stood in line in the rain to vote for his sorry ass.

This nation was robbed of more expansive thinkers when Bush/Cheney stole elections from Senator Kerry and Vice President Gore.

[Botany]

3. They are starting to know RED 'FUCKING' CHINA owns the note on the USA

Way to go *. Way to go.

[madrchsod]

4. one hell of alot of reagan heads

are facing retirement and don`t like what they see. they see that they are not going to be better off than those who always had less than them...for the last 5 months i`ve been in alot of doctors offices and clinics and the old people are scared...

[Disturbed]

6. The Silverspoon Sociopath is an arrogant opportunist.

His backers are Neo Fascist Assholes and Corporate Assholes.

[liberalhistorian]

7. Guess they don't like

the chickens coming home to roost, huh? Too bad they didn't think about that when they voted for him, and when they didn't mind him cutting everyone else's programs, and when he began shredding the social contract and when he greatly expanded the deficit. You reap what you sow.

[JHB]

8. Of course, on this side of the fence we think Bush is...

...the ultimate fulfillment of "the Reagan Legacy":

image over facts
ideology over competence
war on the New Deal and the undermining of the American middle class
big business uber alles
etc....

[norml]

9. Four Presidents and a Funeral (PEGGY NOONAN)

PEGGY NOONAN



Four Presidents and a Funeral
A spirited tribute to Mrs. King--and to democracy.

Friday, February 10, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST

Listen, I watched the funeral of Coretta Scott King for six hours Tuesday, from the pre-service commentary to the very last speech, and it was wonderful--spirited and moving, rousing and respectful, pugnacious and loving. The old lions of the great American civil rights movement of the 20th century were there, and standing tall. The old lionesses, too. There was preaching and speechifying and at the end I thought: This is how democracy ought to be, ought to look every day--full of the joy of argument, and marked by the moral certainty that here you can say what you think.

There was nothing prissy, nothing sissy about it. A former president, a softly gray-haired and chronically dyspeptic gentleman who seems to have judged the world to be just barely deserving of his presence, pointedly insulted a sitting president who was, in fact, sitting right behind him. The Clintons unveiled their 2008 campaign. A rhyming preacher, one of the old lions, a man of warmth and stature, freely used the occasion to verbally bop the sitting president on the head.

So what? This was the authentic sound of a vibrant democracy doing its thing. It was the exact opposite of the frightened and prissy attitude that if you draw a picture I don't like, I'll have to kill you.

It was: We do free speech here.

That funeral honored us, and the world could learn a lot from watching it. The U.S. government should send all six hours of it throughout the World Wide Web and to every country on earth, because it said more about who we are than any number of decorous U.N. speeches and formal diplomatic declarations.


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http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110007937

[nuxvomica]

12. I counted several Noonans in that piece

She was all over the map! Wistful cooing punctuated by her usual pin pricks. Creepy stuff.

[Skittles]

10. Reagan sucked too

they really don't have much to stand on

[xray s]

11. the worst parts of the Reagan era were all run by Poppy

That's my take on Iran/Contra and US support of Saddam in the 80's.

Poppy was the manipulator. I think he knew Reagan was affected by Alzheimer's and Poppy ran with it, keeping his fingerprints off the evidence.

Poppy was the Cheney of the 80's.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. Ha!

I love it. They idolize Reagan so this is nice! :)