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I can't stand that fucker RR, worst thing to ever happen to this country YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #1
Welcome to DU, YeahSureRight! calimary Jun 2013 #78
Yeah, I loathed him when he was Governor of CA, and I didn't live there. Bill is spot on about RR. freshwest Jun 2013 #99
Exactly-I want Dems to explain why they rolled over for him Boomerproud Jun 2013 #133
In the Beltway Reagan's two terms was PROOF that America had turned... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #151
du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #2
Makes me wonder though, who did Bill Maher vote for in 1980? He is NOT a democratic voter. graham4anything Jun 2013 #3
Can you prove you did not vote for RR? YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #4
Oh look! A turd in the punchbowl. Where did that come from? Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #7
Like the usual place malaise Jun 2013 #25
pretty frightening iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #8
Couldn't care less who Maher voted for 33 years ago. He's comes down on the side of issues that Ed Suspicious Jun 2013 #9
Maher was actually fairly conservative across the board 'til 9/11. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #11
How does any of that discount what Maher said in the video? TheBadWolf Jun 2013 #17
I notice Graham the troll Shade7M Jun 2013 #20
Yep, sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #37
MILLIONS of people with AIDS died during Ronald Reagan's first term. I don't find it funny graham4anything Jun 2013 #54
You do not help yourself by uttering implausible assertions. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #63
people who voted for Reagan/Bush/NaderEisenhower/Nixon got 100% OF what they wanted to get. graham4anything Jun 2013 #64
"and maybe I made a typo" - no "millions died" was not a "typo". Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #71
anyone voting for Reagan got exactly what they voted for. graham4anything Jun 2013 #76
Those opposed to the Vietnam war did not vote for Nixon dflprincess Jun 2013 #131
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #96
RR won a narrow victory in 1980: With 489 electoral votes? 55% of the popular vote? Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #24
Reagan got 50.8% of the vote NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #32
55% of the popular vote. Almost 91% electoral votes. Huge landslide that dreams are made of Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #36
you're leaving out John Anderson NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #51
The gap in the figures I quoted? Those were Anderson's. RR got 91% electoral votes & 48 states Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #109
Add up 3rd party (repub Anderson to Carter, and take out the sabatoge of the Hostages(now proven)... graham4anything Jun 2013 #56
That's wishful thinking. JHB Jun 2013 #68
the problem with a devastating take down like your post Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #72
Fine by me. He's not who I was talking to. I was talking to everyone else. JHB Jun 2013 #75
I forgave Teddy, but it should have been Carter/Kennedy (and they should have given Mondale another) graham4anything Jun 2013 #77
I think it would have been close NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #69
Reagan's numbers ticked up markedly right at the beginning of November... JHB Jun 2013 #86
I remember that election: LeftInTX Jun 2013 #92
And these days reagan would be tossed from the GOP 7962 Jun 2013 #125
Reagan won a narrow victory??!! I'll say this again even Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2013 #28
Getting up off the floor malaise Jun 2013 #30
Was graham for Ronnie? I sure wasn't. Obama, I think he voted Reagan if he even bothered Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #41
Another ad homenim. graham4anything Jun 2013 #66
I can't figure you out... RudynJack Jun 2013 #65
John Anderson? Doc_Technical Jun 2013 #80
Don't forget he gave a million dollars to Obama in 2012 Doctor_J Jun 2013 #83
X2 ctsnowman Jun 2013 #84
Was Bill Maher conscious in 1980? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2013 #102
He voted for Ralph Nader! Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #139
Tell it like it is Bill zeemike Jun 2013 #5
That monologue rocked. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #6
A couple of people on the panel were squirming... kentuck Jun 2013 #10
Actually, it's more out of actual FEAR of being seen on a show where that was said... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #31
True, I wouldn't be surprised NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #52
A lot of people here will give you a list of staffers guilty of crimes during Reagan but,.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #117
my heaven05 Jun 2013 #12
Excellent Berlum Jun 2013 #13
I have always felt that America's decline began with this terrible president. mwb970 Jun 2013 #14
True. But I do think he wasn't as extreme as current tea partiers, like Cruz. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #38
I do not fully agree with you. Some quotes from the Gipper Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #45
He was complicit in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Central and South America. Rozlee Jun 2013 #105
Oh, I don't need quotes. I REMEMBER RR very well. But he WOULD compromise... Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #107
I agree with you LeftInTX Jun 2013 #94
Yes. Far right. All about money and the privileged. But not wacko, & he would compromise.... Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #108
In the early 1960s, he was one step removed from the John Birch Society.... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #115
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #148
Raygun and Fed chair Paul Volcker. roamer65 Jun 2013 #113
History Roy Rolling Jun 2013 #150
Time mtasselin Jun 2013 #15
It was one of his best new rules ever. smokey nj Jun 2013 #16
I agree with you 100% malaise Jun 2013 #27
Reagan was just the first of many tools jimlup Jun 2013 #18
Seriously! ReRe Jun 2013 #19
If I were in his audience ... Graybeard Jun 2013 #21
Not to mention Clinton had his faults for sure, but is still more highly rated than Reagan today MillennialDem Jun 2013 #44
Agreed malaise Jun 2013 #93
Thank you so much for sharing this. cordelia Jun 2013 #22
Eek! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #23
Best Anti-Reagan Rant Ever! Stainless Jun 2013 #26
That was one of many great lines malaise Jun 2013 #29
yes, that was a great line NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #34
He is partially responsible for his son, Ron spooky3 Jun 2013 #60
So do I. Thanks for a positive note here, the only one for the gipper. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #137
Of all the bad things Reagan did to us, perhaps the worst is he gave us Peggy Noonan. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #33
Maybe not the worst, but damned close. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #61
Gave. As in infected. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2013 #128
And every word is absolutely right on. Le Taz Hot Jun 2013 #35
Gil-Scott Heron is brilliant malaise Jun 2013 #40
A genius, and this piece is brilliant. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #47
Amazing how many peasants still love their oppressors and hate the oppressed (from 2011). HughBeaumont Jun 2013 #39
Well said malaise Jun 2013 #42
awesome addition to Maher's take down LittleGirl Jun 2013 #53
K&R. I agree. Reagan was indeed a very destructive politician. Overseas Jun 2013 #43
Yep that was Ronnie malaise Jun 2013 #49
Shared on Facebook. GoneOffShore Jun 2013 #46
Thanks for sharing malaise Jun 2013 #48
Excellent! n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #50
Awesome ... A big K&R! Auggie Jun 2013 #55
Does Maher read DU? Octafish Jun 2013 #57
They all do malaise Jun 2013 #67
Thanks, my Friend. Octafish Jun 2013 #74
Remember also ... Reagan was an actor reading lines Auggie Jun 2013 #58
Most of the garbage in his brain was implanted by Nancy. roamer65 Jun 2013 #123
It was great. n/t RiffRandell Jun 2013 #59
On every major national problem you can trace its source back to the early 1980s. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #62
He's Right erpowers Jun 2013 #70
Eisenhower would not fit. Probably not Nixon or Ford either. roamer65 Jun 2013 #116
"Reagan made shit up" suffragette Jun 2013 #73
Brilliant! ("He turned water into polluted water.") immoderate Jun 2013 #79
I agree, Brilliant! liberal from boston Jun 2013 #81
Funny though... immoderate Jun 2013 #87
Who's the panel? Doctor_J Jun 2013 #82
I'll never forget being stunned at how many people fell for Reagan's act Skittles Jun 2013 #85
Watched it a third time, that was an epic smackdown! Initech Jun 2013 #88
Yep a higher level rant malaise Jun 2013 #90
If nothing else you have to give him credit when one/two Republicans are sitting inches away... Dawgs Jun 2013 #89
I will not forgive Bill Angelonthesidelines Jun 2013 #91
Excellent - K & R!!! LeftInTX Jun 2013 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #97
I remember the 1980 election it was when I realized this country was fucked. Leontius Jun 2013 #98
Ronald Reagan was an actor who read the lines he was given, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2013 #100
Like Benedict Arnold, Ronald Reagan should forever be associated with national disgrace. Zorra Jun 2013 #101
Ronald Reagan = the worst thing to ever happen to America. Initech Jun 2013 #124
At least he was part of a funny line in back to the future. athenasatanjesus Jun 2013 #103
"The far right becomes the new middle" Jokerman Jun 2013 #104
I've been saying this all along. Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #106
"He's a drug-store, truck-drivin' man...." lastlib Jun 2013 #110
K&R +1000 Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #111
Raygun cured me of Rethuglicanism. roamer65 Jun 2013 #112
Yes he hit this one into the stands malaise Jun 2013 #119
Reagan was the epitome of Style over Substance.... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #114
Saint Ronnie addresses the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Major Nikon Jun 2013 #120
Oh, SNAP! That was righteous! colorado_ufo Jun 2013 #118
That was ill as fuck. Instant classic. craigmatic Jun 2013 #121
K&R pam4water Jun 2013 #122
it's true - no point in trying to candy coat the past - Reagan was all of that and worse Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #126
when he's on, he's on, and he was on. NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #127
Excellent! RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #129
Oh...Fuck. N. A. deutsey Jun 2013 #130
Poems on Kindness in a Time of War Godot51 Jun 2013 #132
Nice malaise Jun 2013 #141
"The man most responsible for our decline" Matariki Jun 2013 #134
Godfather of Conservatives Goldwater says: ErikJ Jun 2013 #135
Coming unglued over at "newsbusters"...reich wing web site. Hulk Jun 2013 #136
Great rant and absolutely right. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #138
Before destroying the whole country, Reagan destroyed my beautiful California. SunSeeker Jun 2013 #140
kick Zorra Jun 2013 #142
Wish I could rec this again; can't, so I'll kick it. cordelia Jun 2013 #143
rec/kick... Deuce Jun 2013 #144
212 recs as of now, but not a single rec from any of the Eternal Defenders of the MIC. Zorra Jun 2013 #145
Indeed malaise Jun 2013 #146
Brilliant! Thank you. nt valerief Jun 2013 #147
Reagan should have been impeached. Joey Liberal Jun 2013 #149
lol reagan just made shit up moxie.lu Jun 2013 #152
And ReTHUGs continue to make up shit malaise Jun 2013 #153
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