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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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100. Ronald Reagan was an actor who read the lines he was given,
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 03:19 PM
Jun 2013

He would have read a Meow Mix jingle at the State of the Union if that was what he was given. I interviewed a number of Reagan staffers while writing about the original Free Trade agreements and most gave me the sense he had to be beaten over the head to express an opinion on anything.

I can't stand that fucker RR, worst thing to ever happen to this country YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #1
Welcome to DU, YeahSureRight! calimary Jun 2013 #78
Yeah, I loathed him when he was Governor of CA, and I didn't live there. Bill is spot on about RR. freshwest Jun 2013 #99
Exactly-I want Dems to explain why they rolled over for him Boomerproud Jun 2013 #133
In the Beltway Reagan's two terms was PROOF that America had turned... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #151
du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #2
Makes me wonder though, who did Bill Maher vote for in 1980? He is NOT a democratic voter. graham4anything Jun 2013 #3
Can you prove you did not vote for RR? YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #4
Oh look! A turd in the punchbowl. Where did that come from? Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #7
Like the usual place malaise Jun 2013 #25
pretty frightening iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #8
Couldn't care less who Maher voted for 33 years ago. He's comes down on the side of issues that Ed Suspicious Jun 2013 #9
Maher was actually fairly conservative across the board 'til 9/11. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #11
How does any of that discount what Maher said in the video? TheBadWolf Jun 2013 #17
I notice Graham the troll Shade7M Jun 2013 #20
Yep, sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #37
MILLIONS of people with AIDS died during Ronald Reagan's first term. I don't find it funny graham4anything Jun 2013 #54
You do not help yourself by uttering implausible assertions. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #63
people who voted for Reagan/Bush/NaderEisenhower/Nixon got 100% OF what they wanted to get. graham4anything Jun 2013 #64
"and maybe I made a typo" - no "millions died" was not a "typo". Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #71
anyone voting for Reagan got exactly what they voted for. graham4anything Jun 2013 #76
Those opposed to the Vietnam war did not vote for Nixon dflprincess Jun 2013 #131
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #96
RR won a narrow victory in 1980: With 489 electoral votes? 55% of the popular vote? Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #24
Reagan got 50.8% of the vote NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #32
55% of the popular vote. Almost 91% electoral votes. Huge landslide that dreams are made of Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #36
you're leaving out John Anderson NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #51
The gap in the figures I quoted? Those were Anderson's. RR got 91% electoral votes & 48 states Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #109
Add up 3rd party (repub Anderson to Carter, and take out the sabatoge of the Hostages(now proven)... graham4anything Jun 2013 #56
That's wishful thinking. JHB Jun 2013 #68
the problem with a devastating take down like your post Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #72
Fine by me. He's not who I was talking to. I was talking to everyone else. JHB Jun 2013 #75
I forgave Teddy, but it should have been Carter/Kennedy (and they should have given Mondale another) graham4anything Jun 2013 #77
I think it would have been close NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #69
Reagan's numbers ticked up markedly right at the beginning of November... JHB Jun 2013 #86
I remember that election: LeftInTX Jun 2013 #92
And these days reagan would be tossed from the GOP 7962 Jun 2013 #125
Reagan won a narrow victory??!! I'll say this again even Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2013 #28
Getting up off the floor malaise Jun 2013 #30
Was graham for Ronnie? I sure wasn't. Obama, I think he voted Reagan if he even bothered Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #41
Another ad homenim. graham4anything Jun 2013 #66
I can't figure you out... RudynJack Jun 2013 #65
John Anderson? Doc_Technical Jun 2013 #80
Don't forget he gave a million dollars to Obama in 2012 Doctor_J Jun 2013 #83
X2 ctsnowman Jun 2013 #84
Was Bill Maher conscious in 1980? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2013 #102
He voted for Ralph Nader! Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #139
Tell it like it is Bill zeemike Jun 2013 #5
That monologue rocked. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #6
A couple of people on the panel were squirming... kentuck Jun 2013 #10
Actually, it's more out of actual FEAR of being seen on a show where that was said... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #31
True, I wouldn't be surprised NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #52
A lot of people here will give you a list of staffers guilty of crimes during Reagan but,.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #117
my heaven05 Jun 2013 #12
Excellent Berlum Jun 2013 #13
I have always felt that America's decline began with this terrible president. mwb970 Jun 2013 #14
True. But I do think he wasn't as extreme as current tea partiers, like Cruz. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #38
I do not fully agree with you. Some quotes from the Gipper Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #45
He was complicit in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Central and South America. Rozlee Jun 2013 #105
Oh, I don't need quotes. I REMEMBER RR very well. But he WOULD compromise... Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #107
I agree with you LeftInTX Jun 2013 #94
Yes. Far right. All about money and the privileged. But not wacko, & he would compromise.... Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #108
In the early 1960s, he was one step removed from the John Birch Society.... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #115
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #148
Raygun and Fed chair Paul Volcker. roamer65 Jun 2013 #113
History Roy Rolling Jun 2013 #150
Time mtasselin Jun 2013 #15
It was one of his best new rules ever. smokey nj Jun 2013 #16
I agree with you 100% malaise Jun 2013 #27
Reagan was just the first of many tools jimlup Jun 2013 #18
Seriously! ReRe Jun 2013 #19
If I were in his audience ... Graybeard Jun 2013 #21
Not to mention Clinton had his faults for sure, but is still more highly rated than Reagan today MillennialDem Jun 2013 #44
Agreed malaise Jun 2013 #93
Thank you so much for sharing this. cordelia Jun 2013 #22
Eek! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #23
Best Anti-Reagan Rant Ever! Stainless Jun 2013 #26
That was one of many great lines malaise Jun 2013 #29
yes, that was a great line NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #34
He is partially responsible for his son, Ron spooky3 Jun 2013 #60
So do I. Thanks for a positive note here, the only one for the gipper. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #137
Of all the bad things Reagan did to us, perhaps the worst is he gave us Peggy Noonan. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #33
Maybe not the worst, but damned close. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #61
Gave. As in infected. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2013 #128
And every word is absolutely right on. Le Taz Hot Jun 2013 #35
Gil-Scott Heron is brilliant malaise Jun 2013 #40
A genius, and this piece is brilliant. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #47
Amazing how many peasants still love their oppressors and hate the oppressed (from 2011). HughBeaumont Jun 2013 #39
Well said malaise Jun 2013 #42
awesome addition to Maher's take down LittleGirl Jun 2013 #53
K&R. I agree. Reagan was indeed a very destructive politician. Overseas Jun 2013 #43
Yep that was Ronnie malaise Jun 2013 #49
Shared on Facebook. GoneOffShore Jun 2013 #46
Thanks for sharing malaise Jun 2013 #48
Excellent! n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #50
Awesome ... A big K&R! Auggie Jun 2013 #55
Does Maher read DU? Octafish Jun 2013 #57
They all do malaise Jun 2013 #67
Thanks, my Friend. Octafish Jun 2013 #74
Remember also ... Reagan was an actor reading lines Auggie Jun 2013 #58
Most of the garbage in his brain was implanted by Nancy. roamer65 Jun 2013 #123
It was great. n/t RiffRandell Jun 2013 #59
On every major national problem you can trace its source back to the early 1980s. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #62
He's Right erpowers Jun 2013 #70
Eisenhower would not fit. Probably not Nixon or Ford either. roamer65 Jun 2013 #116
"Reagan made shit up" suffragette Jun 2013 #73
Brilliant! ("He turned water into polluted water.") immoderate Jun 2013 #79
I agree, Brilliant! liberal from boston Jun 2013 #81
Funny though... immoderate Jun 2013 #87
Who's the panel? Doctor_J Jun 2013 #82
I'll never forget being stunned at how many people fell for Reagan's act Skittles Jun 2013 #85
Watched it a third time, that was an epic smackdown! Initech Jun 2013 #88
Yep a higher level rant malaise Jun 2013 #90
If nothing else you have to give him credit when one/two Republicans are sitting inches away... Dawgs Jun 2013 #89
I will not forgive Bill Angelonthesidelines Jun 2013 #91
Excellent - K & R!!! LeftInTX Jun 2013 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #97
I remember the 1980 election it was when I realized this country was fucked. Leontius Jun 2013 #98
Ronald Reagan was an actor who read the lines he was given, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2013 #100
Like Benedict Arnold, Ronald Reagan should forever be associated with national disgrace. Zorra Jun 2013 #101
Ronald Reagan = the worst thing to ever happen to America. Initech Jun 2013 #124
At least he was part of a funny line in back to the future. athenasatanjesus Jun 2013 #103
"The far right becomes the new middle" Jokerman Jun 2013 #104
I've been saying this all along. Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #106
"He's a drug-store, truck-drivin' man...." lastlib Jun 2013 #110
K&R +1000 Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #111
Raygun cured me of Rethuglicanism. roamer65 Jun 2013 #112
Yes he hit this one into the stands malaise Jun 2013 #119
Reagan was the epitome of Style over Substance.... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #114
Saint Ronnie addresses the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Major Nikon Jun 2013 #120
Oh, SNAP! That was righteous! colorado_ufo Jun 2013 #118
That was ill as fuck. Instant classic. craigmatic Jun 2013 #121
K&R pam4water Jun 2013 #122
it's true - no point in trying to candy coat the past - Reagan was all of that and worse Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #126
when he's on, he's on, and he was on. NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #127
Excellent! RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #129
Oh...Fuck. N. A. deutsey Jun 2013 #130
Poems on Kindness in a Time of War Godot51 Jun 2013 #132
Nice malaise Jun 2013 #141
"The man most responsible for our decline" Matariki Jun 2013 #134
Godfather of Conservatives Goldwater says: ErikJ Jun 2013 #135
Coming unglued over at "newsbusters"...reich wing web site. Hulk Jun 2013 #136
Great rant and absolutely right. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #138
Before destroying the whole country, Reagan destroyed my beautiful California. SunSeeker Jun 2013 #140
kick Zorra Jun 2013 #142
Wish I could rec this again; can't, so I'll kick it. cordelia Jun 2013 #143
rec/kick... Deuce Jun 2013 #144
212 recs as of now, but not a single rec from any of the Eternal Defenders of the MIC. Zorra Jun 2013 #145
Indeed malaise Jun 2013 #146
Brilliant! Thank you. nt valerief Jun 2013 #147
Reagan should have been impeached. Joey Liberal Jun 2013 #149
lol reagan just made shit up moxie.lu Jun 2013 #152
And ReTHUGs continue to make up shit malaise Jun 2013 #153
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