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In reply to the discussion: Disturbing. Something Senator Sanders said on the radio today. [View all]HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)94. It Explains A Lot!
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.
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If you want another look at our secret history, please read the following book....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#78
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
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
meanwhile, corporations (and by extension, politicians) continue to work to marginalize our vote...
Veilex
Feb 2013
#43
Raygun pandered to the vilest hate in people to undo the good that had been accomplished
libtodeath
Feb 2013
#11
I felt the same way 50 years ago and still feel that way today and don't consider
shraby
Feb 2013
#13
Yes, the brainwashing is VERY effective. I think the average Dem knows that, and we spend
Nay
Feb 2013
#41
I'm always stymied when they say that people are homeless because they want to be! Wtf. nt
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#105
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
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
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
You didn't stop being American and you didn't become a LW Loonie....
ProfessionalLeftist
Feb 2013
#37
I am very upset as well because I am very apprehensive as to what is going to happen
Samantha
Feb 2013
#47
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#50
The dem party did what it had to to win but lost its soul in the process
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#75
Anyone who doesn't drink the kool-aid is a far left radical. I posted a very similar
silvershadow
Feb 2013
#88
Most Americans favor more social programs, spending on public education, access to health care, etc.
YoungDemCA
Feb 2013
#102
It started earlier than that. The industrialists/bankers wanted FDR destroyed.
Selatius
Feb 2013
#116