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In reply to the discussion: "Thank heaven for old white men" [View all]lunatica
(53,410 posts)58. Some old white men are actually progressive and visionary
Except for Reagan. He was a troglodyte who could deliver a nice speech and had a protective wife who told him what to do and say.
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Be honest. He was a professional actor with decades of experience. The man could deliver a speech and
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#25
Sorry, asshat, but blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans all fought in those wars.
Scuba
Nov 2012
#3
Or the women which took care of their families single handedly and/or worked the factories
Uncle Joe
Nov 2012
#12
Or the Native Americans which fought and/or died in the Pacific including the Navajo Code Talkers,
Uncle Joe
Nov 2012
#15
Reagan an old white guy who chose Philadelphia, Mississippi to kick off his run for Prez.
Hoyt
Nov 2012
#6
You're really being too kind to him. I'm not sure which is more insulted, shit or stains. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#48
I don't think that the white men who did good things were all that old at the time
DavidDvorkin
Nov 2012
#21
Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was 71,
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#29
So, you're saying that anybody that isn't venerable is young? And Franklin wasn't the only
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#39
Actually our constitution is partly based off of the Iroquois "Great Law of Peace"
Downtown Hound
Nov 2012
#42
On Reagan's watch we went from biggest lending nation - to biggest debtor nation
upi402
Nov 2012
#44
Republican modus operandi is to frame themselves as adults and Democrats as rebellious children.
Matariki
Nov 2012
#49
Jeez. The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written by YOUNG men
Hekate
Nov 2012
#54