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Flashmann

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9. saw right through him from the start

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 09:37 AM

Dec 2012

Absolutely...I said then,and I still say,raygun was a military/corporate puppet...Just needed someone to orate "lines" scripted for him,by others...And who better,to act like a grade B President,than a grade B actor,who has already starred in the role of a grade B Governor??...

Today,a wrongwing President isn't even expected to act the part.....Merely be capable of "holding a pen"........

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It wasn't the Reagan Revolution. The William F. [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 OP

I could not believe how many people fell for Reagan's act Skittles Dec 2012 #1

I was older than that - but he didn't fool me either. calimary Dec 2012 #4

I wish I could recommend this madokie Dec 2012 #6

wish I could recommend this Flashmann Dec 2012 #10

about the only Reagan legacy i look at is the old antichrist 666 stuff.. oldhippydude Dec 2012 #7

This needs to be an OP, calimary. Excellent assessment! Thanks! Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #11

Excellent post Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #12

I agree Calimary. Make this an OP Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #15

Done! Here: calimary Dec 2012 #17

worthy of its own thread Skittles Dec 2012 #16

saw right through him from the start Flashmann Dec 2012 #9

So right you are! maddiemom Dec 2012 #19

I suspect Buckley would be horrified at what the GOP has become Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #2

No disagreement there. But he helped set in motion the Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #3

Welcome to DU, Demo_Chris! calimary Dec 2012 #5

K&R The plans and decisions that reagan implemented were made in the 60s. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #8

They can do it again. Jim DeMint Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #14

There's not going to be any again. They wrote this nation off and have spent the last 30 years Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #18

I kind of know what you mean Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #20

RWR was a B-class actor, with very little Rex Dec 2012 #13