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13. I remember liking him as an actor, but I was a kid.
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 07:45 PM
Feb 2013

He was good on GE Theater and Death Valley Days. And I liked his old movies when the came up on the TV.

I also liked "The Speech" he made in support of Barry Goldwater, as I was in high school and encountering Objectivist "philosophy" which I thought was philosophy. And I though I was intellectual, and philosophical and smarter than anyone could be. And Ronnie summed up everything that was righteous, simplistic, but righteous, in one speech.

However, my heart was with the civil rights movement, and I was always for equal rights for women, and the Vietnam War was reaching out to get me and I couldn't figure out why. So I went through a transformation while Ronnie considered running for office.

But when he became Governor of CA, I was far off, but aware of his antics. I know he decimated the universities. And then when he became president, I was quite radicalized, and take note of all your citations. Ronnie was a pig!

--imm

Happy birthday, Ronald Reagan! [View all] YoungDemCA Feb 2013 OP
I dont believe in heaven or hell but I do hope there is a special agony of some kind for his spirit libtodeath Feb 2013 #1
His speech kicking off his campaign talking "states' rights" in Philadelphia,Mississippi abq e streeter Feb 2013 #2
Oh yeah... YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author DearHeart Feb 2013 #4
I will never forgive him for his refusal to deal with the HIV/AIDS crisis. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #5
I never bought into his morning in America "vision". Boomerproud Feb 2013 #6
Happy and birthday should not be in the same sentence as Reagan LeftInTX Feb 2013 #7
I admit to saying it with a great deal of contempt and sarcasm YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #8
I remember a lot of people walking around with glazed eyes Warpy Feb 2013 #9
Correct me if I'm wrong.... YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #11
That folksy, corporate salesman persona is what kept him out of trouble. Warpy Feb 2013 #18
Don't forget that Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #10
i lived through him being Gov of Cali first and that was bad enough NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #12
Me too and why he has a legacy that people admire is beyond me. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #21
I remember liking him as an actor, but I was a kid. immoderate Feb 2013 #13
I do remember James Watt quinnox Feb 2013 #14
Trees cause pollution and alsame Feb 2013 #15
Fuck Reagan. Itchinjim Feb 2013 #16
GoogleŽ celebrates Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday by honoring Mary Leakey's 100th birthday Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #17
I was born after Regan, but I see what he's done Zephie Feb 2013 #19
Reagan was my entire tween through teen years. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #20
It's been over three days and the fucker is STILL dead. Autumn Feb 2013 #22
rot in hell, ronnie, you corrupt stool pigeon. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #23
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