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Bucky

(53,986 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 08:06 PM Apr 2013

Who do you prefer: Barack Obama or Ronald Reagan? [View all]

Obama? Me too. But every now and then, something tells me I oughta be a Gipper man.

(It'll only hurt a little to watch)







Of course Obama never funded terrorists or compared those terrorists to the Founding Fathers, so you gotta learn to be balanced about these sorts of things.
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Obama by a HUGE amount. For all the bad stuff, there is no comparison. uppityperson Apr 2013 #1
If anyone says Ronald Reagan, they should be PPR'd...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #2
And have their ass kicked. FSogol Apr 2013 #3
Egg-zactly...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #4
I agree with both of you... one_voice Apr 2013 #11
Calling Skittles madokie Apr 2013 #6
You read the post, right? You watched all 37 seconds of the video? Bucky Apr 2013 #8
On a scale of 1 to 10, if the gipper were a 1, BHO would be a strong indepat Apr 2013 #14
But Obama admires Reagan n/t leftstreet Apr 2013 #17
There is a documentry running on National Geographic about the 80s Lilyeye Apr 2013 #27
I like the one who is alive. MineralMan Apr 2013 #5
!! Bucky Apr 2013 #10
Obama. In fact Reagn was so horrible that the comparison is an insult to Obama and to comparisons. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #7
All Reagan fanatics should have to be time-traveled back to the 80's and live through Boomerproud Apr 2013 #9
Obama, obviously Terra Alta Apr 2013 #12
you mean there's a difference? hfojvt Apr 2013 #13
Lol LukeFL Apr 2013 #15
Oh no you didn't! Bucky Apr 2013 #18
Don't miss Reagan at all. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #16
I seriously wish this was a poll instead. tarheelsunc Apr 2013 #19
They'd be too chickenshit to vote, and put their name to it...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #20
Reagan raised the cap. Obama won't even mention it as a possible solution. MrSlayer Apr 2013 #21
Reagan didn't really raise the cap hfojvt Apr 2013 #22
the 'cap' increases everytime there's an inflation adjustment in benefits. they're tied together. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #26
Reagan wanted to destroy Social Security. He only backed down when he saw pnwmom Apr 2013 #23
reagan cut social security in multiple ways. he *did* succeed. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #25
reagan cut social security in multiple ways. the biggest ss cutter so far. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #24
Watching the 80's again on the National Geographic channel again....and a kennedy Jul 2014 #28
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