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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:50 AM Original message |
Why do conservatives think Raygun was so wonderful? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. I firmly believe that it's because he cut and ran after the Beruit Bombings... |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Great Communicator |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I agree |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Because he was an actor. |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's because they are the Upside-Down People... |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Reagan was a good 'B' actor. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Cause he told them to eat candy all day long and that because they were |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. His god like ability to turn back time. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. He made stupid the 'new smart.' |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. because he felt like a father. they need that patriarchal feel. they need a father to tell |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. As a product, he was packaged in a way that resonated w/the pro-Profits Over People demographic |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. Because he was their Father Figure. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Were they all Bonzos on this bus? |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Seriously, he wasn't.... |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because perception is their reality |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. BINGO!!! Image is everything to them |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because he reminds them of their grandfather....the one |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. Propaganda. n/t |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. He rode a financial upswing. And had the luck to be president during the collapse of the USSR. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That is the most accurate description I've seen lately |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Agreed. The Iran hostage thing had a lot to do with it. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. and therefore a "the permenent conservative majority" |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. aww come on. USSR fell because he said "tear down this wall" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. Oddly enough, the fastest way to get booted from Freeperville |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. He made them comfortable with their hatreds and biases |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because he wrapped us all in the warm fuzzy jingoistic American flag |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because he was an actor who played the part very well. |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think Republics are usually ugly. The pretty ones have an ugly expression. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Other than they think he 'brought down' the USSR, I can't think of anything." |
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cognoscere (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. Conservatives and Republicans don't really think anything - |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. Because he looked and sounded like the strong, capable Daddy they never had |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. Not just conservatives. Reagan's economic legacy lives on today...nt |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. Who knows? Why are there people making $35,000 a year fighting tooth and nail to get poorer? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. I see some great responses here....thanks! nt |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. he made people feel good about being selfish. he made selfish- |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Because they |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. He told them what Peggy Noonan wrote for him-- that it was Morning in America |
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