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Liberalagogo

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36. Not really.....

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 05:27 PM

Oct 2014

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It wasn't until a "straight" sports athlete became HIV positive: "Magic" Johnson. Rock Hudson, they didn't give a shit about.

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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

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #56