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DavidL

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10. I voted in 1980!

Reply to freshwest (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 03:55 PM

Aug 2012

Of course I didn't vote for saint Ronald.

I also remember the day he was shot, and how I actually hoped Bush I would be Prez.

Hey, I was young then, didn't know Bush had a son my age.

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Ronald Reagan was right...... [View all] James48 Aug 2012 OP

Yes he was right leaftie Aug 2012 #1

He was still a festering asshole, even back then Major Nikon Aug 2012 #2

i cannot bring myself to rec this but kick it- i shall! thank you!!! stlsaxman Aug 2012 #3

Strange how the situation in 1948 was DavidL Aug 2012 #4

The GOP got everyone off economics to voodoo economics with Reagan, but K & R freshwest Aug 2012 #7

I voted in 1980! DavidL Aug 2012 #10

I didn't vote for RR either. I thought the frigging world was coming to an end with he got in. freshwest Aug 2012 #11

A have yet to meet a "Reagan Democrat" DavidL Aug 2012 #13

I watched my coworkers go from Carter to Reagan, not over gas prices. It was AA that did it for them freshwest Aug 2012 #14

Carter was not an admiral. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #15

Wasn't it NancyLauraCyndyAnn who changed his mind...oh, her and her psychic/astrologer? Tikki Aug 2012 #5

Pretty much Major Nikon Aug 2012 #9

+1. Yes, I'm sorry to say that some of my extended family while strong on unions and FDR, were... freshwest Aug 2012 #12

He always said, he never left the Democratic Party... reformist2 Aug 2012 #6

That is the spookiest thing I've heard in a long time. oldironside Aug 2012 #8