Has anyone poisoned the American spirit more than this "person"?

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[Kalidurga]

1. Yes this guy

[Ohio Dem]

4. ^^ This ^^

nt

[pnwmom]

6. Yes. Reagan has been far more influential. n/t

[Xolodno]

10. Nah...too liberal for Rush.

And sad to say, that's probably the truth.

[Lizzie Poppet]

11. His take on the "government is the enemy" meme has done incalculable harm.

A certain mistrust of the powers-that-be is as American as you can ask for...as befits a nation that began as a rebelling colony. But Reagan began a marked ratcheting up of that attitude, and in a democratic society, taking that mistrust so far is pure poison. With a certain tragic irony, it's caused many people not so much to rise up and regain control of our government, but instead to give up and just assume that government is inevitably a hungry, dangerous beast that can only be improved by having less of it. It's an attitude that says "I'm bailing on the notion of making democratic rule actually work."

[Kalidurga]

12. That was a very calculated move

It was to complete the corporate take over of the United States. It worked. I am not actually sure there has ever been a time that this country was a democracy or a republic or whatever the cool kids want to call it. We have a slight chance to change that for the future though.

[hifiguy]

16. He was the front man for the fascists

that were heirs to the Gilded Age Plutocrats.

The men who admired Nazi Germany as the bright shining wave of the future they planned. The ones who cooked up the Business Plot against Franklin Roosevelt. The ones who made fortunes dealing with Nazi Germany before and during the war, the ones who brought countless unreconstructed Nazis to the US and seeded them throughout the intelligence apparatus. The ones who never wanted the US to fight Hitler at all, but wanted to ally with his Germany against the Soviets.

And of their sons after them. Cough - the Koch brothers.

This has all been a-brewing since FDR's first term. A very long game was played. And they won. Nazi Germany conquered the US by stealth long after Hitler was mouldering in the grave. For the sole reason that the American oligarchy LOVED Nazi Germany.

[Octafish]

30. Gen. Smedley Butler stopped them in coup against FDR.

Bastards just waited out FDR and eliminated JFK.

[Lizzie Poppet]

18. Worked a treat, that's true.

Can we lop off the oligarchy and make this a real republic? Probably not...but I'm certainly willing to try. And yeah...we have the first candidate I actually have major enthusiasm for in, well...my entire life, really.

[Kalidurga]

19. Yep

I have been waiting for someone like Bernie ever since I became politically aware.

[hifiguy]

13. You read my mind.

The idiot frontman for fascism. He did his job very well.

[Kalidurga]

14. With high approval ratings at that.

I am not sure I blame people. Sometimes it takes decades to assess the damage that was done during a presidency.

[Stargleamer]

28. They never looked back after he became president

for all practical purposes he drove moderate Republican politicians to extinction.

[Kalidurga]

29. Worse than that so much worse

In fact I don't think it was necessarily a bad thing he drove moderate Republicans to extinction. Look at what they have been left with. They have no viable Presidential candidates. Democrats are starting to fight back and win and they are making progress in some red areas. Both parties are losing people, but Republicans are losing support faster. Independents are the largest group right about now and growing, they are becoming more liberal. People are waking up to the insanity that is the GOP. But, working people are still demonized that is the worst thing he did. Demonizing unions and destroying the middle class and starting the process of gutting the safety net by demonizing the poor.

[lpbk2713]

2. It was a collaborative effort.

[Skittles]

5. SCHEDULING lpbk2713 FOR ASS KICKING

*EGREGIOUS IMAGE*

[lpbk2713]

7. I'd appreciate if you could work me in before the holiday weekend.

[Skittles]

9. BUT WHAT ABOUT MY BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS??

[hifiguy]

17. They just nailed the lid shut

and dumped the coffin in the junkyard.

It all began with Reagan.

[MFrohike]

3. John C. Calhoun says hi

The zillion or so preachers who equate material wealth to Godliness gave you a head nod, too.

[sorefeet]

8. At 50 million bucks a year

Limbaugh could give a rats ass what ANYONE thinks of him. His idiot ditto heads actually think he is one of them. When in all reality he wouldn't piss on one if they were on fire. He has 4 or 5 people that he calls friend that are there to kiss his ass. He pushes the first amendment to the nuts for his ratings. When he has the big one, I hope it's live on air.

[Todays_Illusion]

15. How to grow rich on hate,not only Limbaugh but Savage, and others as well, a shame for our nation.nt

[DavidDvorkin]

20. You mean he's not a person?

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22. You think he is? n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

23. Of course

A rotten person, but nonetheless a person.

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24. Thanks for that clarification.

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[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. I vote for Sarah Palin. People were loving and respecting Obama

until she opened the door - to say - Hey, it's ok to trash this guy

[Ron Obvious]

25. I remember his first day on the air...

I was working at home and a big fan of the Owen Span show (RIP) when he took over that time slot in 1988. He was mildly amusing with his Gorbasms and his Feminazis and his "I AM equal time", but it was clear early on that he was just a buffoon and a clown.

In fact, I recall him being interviewed shortly after and saying that it was all just an act and that he said things just to get a reaction and didn't really believe any of it.

I never would have believed he was going to be a national phenomenon or that he would apparently start to believe his own drivel.

[scscholar]

27. But he does believe his hate

Believes his hate. His hate.

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31. And he has spawned...

countless imitators and worse on both national and local levels. The right wingnut scumbag traitors are told what to think 24/7/365, and all for the enrichment of these slimebags.

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[Cleita]

26. I heard about five minutes of his show today.

He bragged about how what was discussed on his show got far reaching results. For once he told the truth. Sadly his show has bloody awful consequences for the nation.

[UTUSN]

32. He's the one. It's called "scorched earth". n/t

[NCjack]

33. The day Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House, Congress began its

continued descent into Hell.

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34. George Carlin Describes Rush Limbaugh