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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:36 PM

17. Iran-Contra story did not break until after Reagan's re-election, IIRC, although

we were involved in plenty of nasty business in Central America before then.

People voted for Reagan after he presided over the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. (Adult unemployment reached 12% nationally.)

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GOP Just Like Any Other Nazi Group [View all]	TheMastersNemesis	Apr 2012	OP
Well said! The GOP are now terrorists and un-American IMO. n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#1
They saw 1984 not as a warning against a future dystopia, but a guidebook to bring it to pass.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#2
Reagan was re-elected in 1984. That was very eerie. Trading arms with the enemy to conduct	Overseas	Apr 2012	#4
I was mortified when he won in 1980. The GOP has controlled the USA most of my voting life.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#8
Iran-Contra story did not break until after Reagan's re-election, IIRC, although	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#17
Well said. Good description of GOP madness. Corporate madness knowing nothing but profit.	Overseas	Apr 2012	#3
Machiavellianism: The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality	Tennessee Gal	Apr 2012	#5
I don't think the GOP learned anything useful from Machiavelli, Italian patriot that he was.	dimbear	Apr 2012	#6
Atwater and Rove	Tennessee Gal	Apr 2012	#10
I see your point, of course, but then they think they're following the teachings of Jesus too.	dimbear	Apr 2012	#11
oddly enough, I've been comparing it to the WW2 phenomenon of "Bushido"	grasswire	Apr 2012	#7
I hope my vote against them,stops them,	yortsed snacilbuper	Apr 2012	#9
I suggest you read a few history books before you try this again	RZM	Apr 2012	#12
Your Post is Bullpuckey.	TheMastersNemesis	Apr 2012	#13
You weren't "protecting" him at all...	Marengo	Apr 2012	#14
You could always try refuting what I actually said	RZM	Apr 2012	#15
I believe your post to be the least accurate one I've ever read on DU. nt	ladjf	Apr 2012	#16
I take it you never visited the old 9/11 forum then n/t	RZM	Apr 2012	#20
I read DU since it first started. nt	ladjf	Apr 2012	#21
Well then	RZM	Apr 2012	#22
Without the connivance of traditional German conservatives like Van Papen and	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#18
No argument here	RZM	Apr 2012	#19

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