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Johonny

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33. There is an old Bill Maher

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 03:58 PM

Oct 2014

With Bob Dornan talking about him trying to get the Reagan's white house to respond to the Aids crisis. It is one of those surreal conversations that the old comedy central Bill Maher would have on his show. When B-1 Bob is not on your side who the * side was Reagan taking? Yet when even Republicans of his time told him to act, Ronald Reagan did nothing. It is hard to imagine that today and yet it happened.

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Pic Of The Moment: How The Best GOP President Evah Dealt With A Deadly Virus On *His* Watch [View all] EarlG Oct 2014 OP

most of the time, republicans are horrible people because they're greedy bastards unblock Oct 2014 #1

Yep, that's about right. malthaussen Oct 2014 #2

Accurate and succinct. Well written. riqster Oct 2014 #3

It was not until Rock Hudson, a closeted popular actor, died dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #4

Not really..... Liberalagogo Oct 2014 #36

Nothing was really done until Ryan White Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #52

All I remember Liberalagogo Oct 2014 #55

Yep. Exactly. That's certainly how it went down as I remember it. It was agonizing!!! calimary Oct 2014 #23

The thing that bugs me about Reagan, though... malthaussen Oct 2014 #24

"If there had been no ronald reagan, would the USA have had to invent him?" calimary Oct 2014 #34

amoung the many things for which I will never forgive that bastard is his refusal to deal with the niyad Oct 2014 #5

Summer 2014 President Obama was working on Ebola Botany Oct 2014 #6

reagan's surgeon general kept out of all AIDS discussions for five years niyad Oct 2014 #7

What can you say turbinetree Oct 2014 #8

Welcome to DU turbinetree Lochloosa Oct 2014 #10

Thanks turbinetree Oct 2014 #50

tag belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #11

+1. I do not understand why any Democrat would admire Reagan. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #14

heck, most Pubs were against him '89 MisterP Oct 2014 #25

as if any of us need reminding of that sick bastard that allowed thousands to die.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #9

He's got so much blood on his hands. Rozlee Oct 2014 #12

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #15

This Has Always Been THE Reagan Legacy DallasNE Oct 2014 #13

The only thing that even got Reagan to address the AIDS crisis was when Ryan White got Rozlee Oct 2014 #16

The #1 reason why Reagan is on my permanent fecal register RoccoR5955 Oct 2014 #17

I worked at a hospital in 1985 - 88, and people came there to die of AIDS, it was horrible mrdmk Oct 2014 #18

K and R bigwillq Oct 2014 #19

K & R Iliyah Oct 2014 #20

Reagan and the Bush Family were a plague on mankind. - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #21

Idiocy / Right Wing Politics Kills AZ Progressive Oct 2014 #22

I knew he didn't do anything but had no idea of the callousness of that press conference. Kali Oct 2014 #26

On The Other Hand colsohlibgal Oct 2014 #27

They laughed about it, did nothing and people voted for him a second time Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #28

Silence = Death Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #29

Ronald Reagan killed my uncle who was a hemophiliac Kalidurga Oct 2014 #30

He was lying. Hissyspit Oct 2014 #31

There is an old Bill Maher Johonny Oct 2014 #33

I was a dumb ass young mother who didn't knowingly hedgehog Oct 2014 #44

President Destruction, that's what he was. K&R Jefferson23 Oct 2014 #32

I think "The Best GOP President Evah" leaves out a few better ones salib Oct 2014 #35

Reagan is the one that the current Republicans refer to as their best evah. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #37

They love Reagan because his administration made it fashionable to hate the Other YoungDemCA Oct 2014 #42

I remember well... SoapBox Oct 2014 #38

It may take 100 years after Ronny's death but.. JDDavis Oct 2014 #39

I hope you don't mind that I stole your graphic. raven mad Oct 2014 #40

I remember. Solly Mack Oct 2014 #41

It is shocking to read how everyone in the room was laughing hedgehog Oct 2014 #43

Reagan was an associate of "THE FAMILY"/"THE FELLOWSHIP," a shadowy rightwing pseudo-religious Cult blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #46

Some believe to this day that HIV is a bio warfare germ. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #45

Is there a way to get a video of that press conference? Quixote1818 Oct 2014 #47

I hope MoJo will get on it Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #53

Yes, Ronald Reagan was a bad person customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #48

Too many have died left-of-center2012 Oct 2014 #49

It was just as bad two years later d_r Oct 2014 #51

The acronym "AIDS" was announced one month earlier - Sept 1982. LeftinOH Oct 2014 #54

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