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Jake Stern

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8. Ironically the pandering to the hard right started by Ronnie and company

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 08:29 PM

Jan 2017

has led to the point that Reagan himself would be called a RINO and cuck by today's conservatives.

Truth be told I doubt even Dubya would stand a chance in the current Tea Party/Alt-Right infested GOP.

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I Was There When it Really Began to Take Off [View all] Chasstev365 Jan 2017 OP

..and Thatcher in the UK...same pandering to the worst in human nature to get just enough votes. nt pkdu Jan 2017 #1

Me, too AnnieBW Jan 2017 #2

Wasn't Gordon Gekko the big hero those days? dhol82 Jan 2017 #3

As an older student I returned to college in 1980 DURHAM D Jan 2017 #4

I graduated high school in 1984 Bettie Jan 2017 #5

THAT explains it.. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #6

Are you being sarcastic? Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #7

No, I was not being sarcastic... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #9

You're Right; Sorry about that! Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #10

It sounded like you were mocking me, but I took the wrong way Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #11

Thank you. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #12

Ironically the pandering to the hard right started by Ronnie and company Jake Stern Jan 2017 #8

But shrub DID lower the intelligence bar, so he gets some unwanted credit for our Moron -elect. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #13

As much as I would vastly prefer a D in the White House, given the current situation Jake Stern Jan 2017 #14