wilt the stilt
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:11 AM
Original message |
God! I hate Ronald Reagan the racist |
|
I am reading the last campaign and the story of MLK's assassination came up.
Here is Reagan's theory and quote on MLK's death.
He issued a statement that it was a "great tragedy that began when we started compromising with law and order, and people(i.e.,King) started choosing which laws they'd break.
In other words he blamed King for his own assassination.
This is followed by the opening of his campaign in '80 in Philadelphia, MS
Finally, The welfare queen stories.
Why is this piece of scum looked up to?
|
Angry Dragon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:13 AM
Response to Original message |
1. Because it is a very, very, very low bar |
|
Edited on Fri Aug-27-10 11:22 AM by Angry Dragon
Not hard to look up when you crawl on your belly like a reptile
|
HopeHoops
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:18 AM
Response to Original message |
2. The only non-white person Reagan ever knew closely was Bonzo - and he thought the chimp was black. |
|
Okay, there was the photo-op with the Taliban where he called them the "founding fathers", but I don't think he realized they were human. He lived in a sterilized white-bread bubble. Curiously, so many years later, the shrub lived in the same bubble. I didn't think ANYONE could be dumber than Reagan until Quayle came along. Then I couldn't think anyone could be dumber than him until the shrub came along. Now we've got Palin. Knock me down and fuck me sideways is that wrong.
|
liberal N proud
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:20 AM
Response to Original message |
3. Just one more reason to hate that man |
|
I have many reasons for hating Reagan.
|
VMI Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:21 AM
Response to Original message |
4. Perhaps he was just doing that to get votes. Or for political expediency. |
LongTomH
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 11:53 AM
Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ding! Ding! Ding! You win the $64,000 |
|
Nixon pioneered the racist 'Southern Strategy.' Reagan - or his handlers - perfected it!
|
Beowulf
(97 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Aug-27-10 12:21 PM
Response to Original message |
6. Location of that speech was carefully selected |
|
In 1964 three civil rights workers were brutally assassinated by local law enforcement and Klan members. To give that speech in that place a mere 16 years after those murders was vile.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri Apr 26th 2024, 02:32 AM
Response to Original message |