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HangOnKids

(4,291 posts)
94. It Explains A Lot!
Sat Feb 9, 2013, 07:25 AM
Feb 2013

Your post is very astute, but Reagan did not realize a thing, it was the men behind the curtain that did. Reagan was a complete buffoon, but his handlers saw a silent group of fucking idiots to tap into. I was part of a fundy church back then, dragged by my ex husband into a whacked out world of submission and GREED and homophobia and racism. These were the voters the RW needed and craved.

These handlers made them feel special and important because Ronnie was talking to them. Hell, all they wanted from them was to show up and vote. They didn't give 2 shits about their love of Jesus, they played these cartoon jerks like a cheap violin and very sadly it was effective.

I think you are seeing the effect Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #1
Yes, but we actually didn't do it as a policy until Viet Nam, Cleita Feb 2013 #2
FDR wasn't in his grave yet, when the county began moving right.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #53
There was that balance of powers thing between us Russia and emerging China. Cleita Feb 2013 #54
Well, the good general wanted to justify his existence. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #57
I agree with everything you said. Cleita Feb 2013 #58
Very sad business, indeed. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #59
If there was a way to make it sexy or at least as interesting as Cleita Feb 2013 #60
I have always loved history... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #62
Really? OMG! Cleita Feb 2013 #63
Yep... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #68
If you want another look at our secret history, please read the following book.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #78
Sounds interesting. Have noted it for my must read. snagglepuss Feb 2013 #109
I'd Say Marx Made Some Good Points!! YOHABLO Feb 2013 #83
Like I've said, Brainwashing liberalmike27 Feb 2013 #101
I do not think that you are being fair to Truman. wilsonbooks Feb 2013 #73
Welcome to DU wilsonbooks. Cleita Feb 2013 #74
I read McCullough's book years ago...still have my copy... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #76
I saw the tide turning just before Reagan. Backlash against all affirmative action, etc. freshwest Feb 2013 #29
If it is any consolation the tide really seems to be turning in the other direction neffernin Feb 2013 #44
Thank you very much for that view. Those voices are not heard very often. freshwest Feb 2013 #49
That's not any constellation. BTW, your attitude is very starry-eyed. nt Chef Eric Feb 2013 #51
Consolation that is neffernin Feb 2013 #85
So I wonder why some of us are more prone to right wing propaganda? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #84
Essentially, that's exactly what it is. Oakenshield Feb 2013 #103
You are right. timdog44 Feb 2013 #3
This is how empires fail it seems. Cleita Feb 2013 #5
Half the eligible voters don't vote leftstreet Feb 2013 #7
They didn't vote for Romney. Diebold/ESS did. valerief Feb 2013 #98
Thanks for letting us know! A drone will arrive shortly. Sincerely, The NSA (nt) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #4
Maybe not that extreme, but it seems the corporatists have slowly been taking over Cleita Feb 2013 #8
They don't need to physically drone us tblue Feb 2013 #25
meanwhile, corporations (and by extension, politicians) continue to work to marginalize our vote... Veilex Feb 2013 #43
Cenk Uygur makes an important point about this Enrique Feb 2013 #6
He does. He points out the truth and is considered a radical for it. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #9
Exactly. And Cenk is not a Dem or a Republican - he is fed up truedelphi Feb 2013 #90
Political Class=Big Money Class HangOnKids Feb 2013 #91
Walter Karp's Liberty Under Siege deutsey Feb 2013 #100
Mr. Karp deserves a wider audience. bemildred Feb 2013 #104
I agree. deutsey Feb 2013 #114
"Indispensible Enemies" and "Politics of War" are the best, I thought. bemildred Feb 2013 #115
Bernie has always been the most left in the Senate since LBJ was. graham4anything Feb 2013 #10
Curious - what do you do for a living, Graham? grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #69
I Love Your Post! HangOnKids Feb 2013 #92
Raygun pandered to the vilest hate in people to undo the good that had been accomplished libtodeath Feb 2013 #11
Reagan was an evil pos pitbullgirl1965 Feb 2013 #27
That's it. All sugar coated like a wolf in sheep's clothing. freshwest Feb 2013 #31
40 years ago, I also would have been considered middle of the road LeftInTX Feb 2013 #12
Well, I wish they'd go back to not voting because their choices are not Cleita Feb 2013 #15
They have some very strange ideas LeftInTX Feb 2013 #19
+1 freshwest Feb 2013 #32
It Explains A Lot! HangOnKids Feb 2013 #94
I felt the same way 50 years ago and still feel that way today and don't consider shraby Feb 2013 #13
Unfortunately, the brainwashing is becoming effective. Cleita Feb 2013 #16
Yes, the brainwashing is VERY effective. I think the average Dem knows that, and we spend Nay Feb 2013 #41
Stop Admiring Her And She Is Not Decent HangOnKids Feb 2013 #95
Yes, speak up. sandpan Feb 2013 #113
I'm always stymied when they say that people are homeless because they want to be! Wtf. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #105
Could you imagine a Senate Majority Leader Sanders? NICO9000 Feb 2013 #14
I don't think he wants the job. He mentioned also today about how Reid was effective in Cleita Feb 2013 #18
as the OP wrote in reply to you in post 18, Sanders is a fan of Harry Reid. graham4anything Feb 2013 #28
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #17
The owners bought both parties. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #20
I agree. I don't think we can buy them back either. Cleita Feb 2013 #21
Look what they did to Occupy. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #22
Well, we are still going to have to risk it. Look at what the Egyptians and Syrians are doing Cleita Feb 2013 #23
What you propose is the surest way to give the 1% everything they want and you will starve. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #80
No, that boat sailed about 30 years ago. Dems would have had to start up its own info Nay Feb 2013 #42
+20,566 Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #24
The owners bought ALL/ANY parties, to use them against ISSUES, ALL of OUR issues. nt patrice Feb 2013 #26
The Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals are both owned by the same company. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #77
... ALL of one party and ENOUGH of the other party. Festivito Feb 2013 #87
Bingo! 2naSalit Feb 2013 #110
Hear... Hear... WillyT Feb 2013 #30
Thank you WillyT. Cleita Feb 2013 #34
you and bernie are not alone :-) mettamega Feb 2013 #33
You are so right and this is a big concern for us. Cleita Feb 2013 #35
You're not a "left wing loonie", Cleita. The corporatists took over. K&R nt antigop Feb 2013 #36
You didn't stop being American and you didn't become a LW Loonie.... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #37
Don't worry abelenkpe Feb 2013 #38
It's Madmiddle Feb 2013 #39
You're absolutely right: Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #40
Another self-avowed Left Wing Loonie here. Marie Marie Feb 2013 #45
It is a takeover of the world movonne Feb 2013 #46
I am very upset as well because I am very apprehensive as to what is going to happen Samantha Feb 2013 #47
The Overton Window has been successfully shifted DirkGently Feb 2013 #48
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #50
I feel the same way b/c everything you said was the truth! Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #52
I hear ya! We've been bought by corporate interests. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #55
Recessions tend to bring out the worst in us. SamHarris2012 Feb 2013 #56
You are probably right. Sadly. Cleita Feb 2013 #61
Sanders is left of your views. He's a socialist. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #64
Rural people, whom I have lived among, are the biggest socialists around. Cleita Feb 2013 #66
I'm of the position that it's the POLITICAL class that's........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #65
I truly believe what you are saying. They are ignoring us. Cleita Feb 2013 #67
This is 100% correct if you simply look at the polling data grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #70
you're probably not a left wing loonie limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #71
I didn't leave the DEM Party. It left me. About 1996. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #72
The dem party did what it had to to win but lost its soul in the process liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #75
My view precisely. I was always kind of a middle-of-the-road Democrat. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #79
Then communism fell . . . caseymoz Feb 2013 #81
Hi Cleita Feb 2013 #82
The Kids Are Coming Cleita Indeed They Are HangOnKids Feb 2013 #96
"seems we have fallen into a decline" Festivito Feb 2013 #86
Anyone who doesn't drink the kool-aid is a far left radical. I posted a very similar silvershadow Feb 2013 #88
don't fall for that media induced crap. barbtries Feb 2013 #89
Message auto-removed HassistdieReinheitI Feb 2013 #93
Our son... GTurck Feb 2013 #97
Propaganda paid for by the same set who own and operate Washington. Octafish Feb 2013 #99
Thank you for posting this. Overseas Feb 2013 #106
Most Americans favor more social programs, spending on public education, access to health care, etc. YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #102
Thank you for this thread dmr Feb 2013 #107
America is going to hell in a handbasket pattiepcomedy Feb 2013 #108
The Pendulum Only Moves in One Direction AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #111
This is what the Kennedy & King assassinations were ALL about 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #112
It started earlier than that. The industrialists/bankers wanted FDR destroyed. Selatius Feb 2013 #116
I believe you're referring to the Smedly Butler affair. 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #117
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