Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984

[AllentownJake]

By appealing to working class men and women using Religion, Faux Patriotism, anti-tax, anti-immigration, and anti-communist rhetoric and the DLC convinced democrats the appropriate response was to sell out party principles to the big businesses that laid these workers off.

I'm reading that history right?

[Chan790]

1. Well, yeah...that's about the gist of it. n/m

[AllentownJake]

2. Just want to make sure

I was 3-11 when he was President. Sesame Street followed by transformers were more interesting than Reagan and the democratic party at the time.

[madokie]

3. You got it about figured out alright

getting the government off our backs was the best line they came up with and with it a whole new. Mount Rushmore worthy, st ronnie emerged and we been getting it up the ass every since

[AllentownJake]

5. Right...

and the real cause of the problem was left alone and than embraced by DLC shit heads.

[madokie]

13. I wasn't aware of the dlc back then so much

the dlc sucks if you want to know what I think

[Yupster]

14. I thought Reagan's best line was

during his debate with Carter.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job.
A depression is when you lose your job.
A recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his job.

I said "oooh" and thought -- hey this guy could actually win.

[shraby]

4. And didn't that win the golden ring for the working class!

The country still hasn't recovered.

[geckosfeet]

6. And when he won he eliminated every tax bracket above 30%.

This benefited the rich in a huge way.

To this day we see the result of funneling billions back into the corpo's and sheltered private money stockpiles. The power to influence and shape legislation is firmly in the hands of big money and corpo interests.

The working stiffs, for lack of education and knowledge of basic history, were duped into buying the televised American dreams. This has ensured a class system where they are simply another natural resource to be harvested by big money.

[Octafish]

7. That, a compliant media, and the October Surprise treason.

The October Surprise X-Files

That so many people voted for Pruneface also stands as an indictment of many American's disdain for higher education.

[joecool65]

8. Iranian hostage crisis

Reagan won because of the Iranian hostage crisis. If the hostages would have been released, Carter would have won. Too much bad pr for Carter for months and months and months.

[C_Lawyer09]

18. You hit the nail on the head

Though the massive inflation during the Carter presidency didn't help much either. The hostage rescue attempt was a massive boon doggle. The other big problem that worked against Carter, was the massive infighting within his administration. The same phenomenon reared its head during the last three years of Reagans second term.

[John Q. Citizen]

9. the DLC wasn't formed until after Mondale lost. It was formed in 1985.

[Turbineguy]

10. Yeah, it's a shame

the Democrats got the Presidency and a Congressional majority. I'm sure the Republicans would have accomplished much more in this time frame. Like scrapping the Constitution, crowning George W Bush King and Autocrat of All Americas and having several terror attacks.

[xchrom]

11. Recommend

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. The Great Tax Cutter implemented the tax on gratuities.

One of the great regressive taxes of all time.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

15. The Great Tax Cutter implemented the largest tax increase in post WWII history.

The 1982 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Per GDP and adjusted dollars.

The freeps always forget about that, conveniently.

[HughMoran]

16. Yeah, DLC is evil

...and stirring up animosity is progressive.

[AllentownJake]

17. Ahem

They are unanimous in their hate for me -- and I welcome their hatred. FDR