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He ended Cold War.. nmbluesky Jul 2012 #1
As I recall... kentuck Jul 2012 #3
yeah, whatever credit he gets, gorby gets about 50 times that. unblock Jul 2012 #8
But he wasn't there when the wall came down. kentuck Jul 2012 #11
I pretty sure I remember some CIA analyst that wrote a book saying that the real turning point brewens Jul 2012 #53
The Cold War ended when Mikhail Gorbachev realized hifiguy Jul 2012 #31
agreed oldhippydude Jul 2012 #54
Really, Afghanistan ended the cold war. We are on our way ....nt nanabugg Jul 2012 #110
Oh he did not. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #70
History repeats itself ... GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #91
Do you suppose that's why Osama Bin Laden was... Blanks Jul 2012 #95
no he didn't. it was ending anyways. pansypoo53219 Jul 2012 #105
Another GOP reagan lie. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #106
Yeeeeeeah....no. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2012 #136
Nixon CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #2
And they were never able to shed the weight of Hoover kentuck Jul 2012 #9
W should have the same effect rurallib Jul 2012 #22
Obama was supposed to be the next Hoover... kentuck Jul 2012 #26
No idea. They always seem to forget him giving millions of illegal aliens blanket immunity.. truebrit71 Jul 2012 #4
Don't forget the "Cut and Run" from Lebanon. 11 Bravo Jul 2012 #20
241 Marines massacred. kentuck Jul 2012 #23
had a Democrat lost that many men we would still be hearing about it!!! oldhippydude Jul 2012 #57
The Grenada invasion was ordered as a go before the Barracks in Lebanon. braddy Jul 2012 #68
How do you explain? kentuck Jul 2012 #74
It isn't my job to explain that to you. braddy Jul 2012 #111
Just as I suspected... kentuck Jul 2012 #113
Why attack me in a personal way because you don't know things? braddy Jul 2012 #114
You insinuated that you knew something that no one else knew... kentuck Jul 2012 #115
I never insinuated any such thing you aren't making any sense. braddy Jul 2012 #117
From Google kentuck Jul 2012 #118
Great, now you can do your own research and learn that the invasion and barracks had no connection braddy Jul 2012 #119
Margaret Thatcher disagreed with the invasion.. kentuck Jul 2012 #120
The Grenada invasion was ordered as a go before the Barracks in Lebanon. kentuck Jul 2012 #121
I'm sorry, but you just aren't making any sense. braddy Jul 2012 #122
Perhaps we can agree...? kentuck Jul 2012 #123
followed by the incredibly heroic invasion of Grenada rurallib Jul 2012 #24
well he did have some help oldhippydude Jul 2012 #56
They worship their image of Reagan. Archae Jul 2012 #5
I'd say it's your fith paragraph Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #6
+1 and I would that his ravings about welfare queens gave them..... wandy Jul 2012 #19
They don't recall... Blue Owl Jul 2012 #7
He's dead so they can create their own Reagan reality without anybody to answer to.... cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #10
Really shows the power of a compliant media rurallib Jul 2012 #25
They needed their JFK... Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #12
And yours is the winning answer. It was all about JFK, they had no one..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #34
"Made them feel like winners" is my guess. moondust Jul 2012 #13
Saint Ronnie must be deified by the true believers: after all, he was the architect of the mountain indepat Jul 2012 #14
Stupid loves stupid! Yavapai Jul 2012 #15
It was his ability to lie and get away with it. alfredo Jul 2012 #16
they worship him because he was a winner WI_DEM Jul 2012 #17
He's the last Republican they remember who could speak relatively coherently Scootaloo Jul 2012 #18
well, as long as he had his index cards in front of him or teleprompter. WI_DEM Jul 2012 #27
Co/uple of Things Iggy Jul 2012 #21
There is some inaccurate history in that post. braddy Jul 2012 #112
I get it, but Iggy Jul 2012 #131
Why would any human "worship" another human? I've lived long enough to learn even the greatest among jody Jul 2012 #28
Very true. kentuck Jul 2012 #29
Hey, they named the most disfunctional airport in America after him. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #30
And every air traffic controller in the US still calls that airport "National." The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #35
Hell, I still call it "National". You can't get more fucked up than that place. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #36
I call it "DCA" or "National." Pool Hall Ace Jul 2012 #87
they worship an image of him that never existed JitterbugPerfume Jul 2012 #32
Same way they hate Democrats. moondust Jul 2012 #44
Union busting. patrice Jul 2012 #33
He won two elections, big. hifiguy Jul 2012 #37
Reagan wins by process of elimination? kentuck Jul 2012 #39
Pretty much. hifiguy Jul 2012 #41
And then there was that one guy . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #89
Well, Incurious George seems to have been erased from hifiguy Jul 2012 #94
I can think of about a thousand DUers who have never posted a critical word about him in ten years NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #38
He let the modern Republican Party be the openly racist party they always yearned to be. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #40
Every problem this nation has today started with a Reagan policy. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #42
GOP's "Reagan Legacy Project" ErikJ Jul 2012 #43
compared to Bush, Rmoney, Newt, Cantor, Bachmann and the rest think Jul 2012 #45
Because.... jberryhill Jul 2012 #46
The Republicans have never had any heroes. They had to create one. Zen Democrat Jul 2012 #47
Bingo! They finally had someone that a nutjob considered worth shooting. nt aka-chmeee Jul 2012 #50
The Gipper was chipper--probably because he was losing his mind even early on--perfect for Repugs. diane in sf Jul 2012 #48
cause compared to the bushes, ford and nixon, he looks like a fucking genius...i guess spanone Jul 2012 #49
Because Nixon resigned, Ford didn't win election, Bush didn't win in '92, Eisenhower was too craigmatic Jul 2012 #51
I guess they admired his business savvy, trading guns for hostages and cocaine ... struggle4progress Jul 2012 #52
Shit knows its own, is all I can say..... lastlib Jul 2012 #55
I have been asking this question for years. MissMillie Jul 2012 #58
I was just a kid and I loved Reagan at that time Abra Jul 2012 #59
Much of what we believe is a product of the propaganda at the time, in my opinion... kentuck Jul 2012 #60
Because he followed the despised Jimmy Carter Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #61
When the truth of the matter... kentuck Jul 2012 #64
+1,000,000,000,000 Odin2005 Jul 2012 #66
Who the Hell else do they have beside Ike? OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #62
Because he was a 2 termer who left office with his public perception dignity in tact. phleshdef Jul 2012 #63
Ronald Reagan, Enabler of Atrocities Agony Jul 2012 #65
Thanks for that interesting link...i didn't think I could despise him more than I already did... truebrit71 Jul 2012 #97
No one discussing Ronald Reagan should be allowed to forget the Salvadoran Baby Skulls LongTomH Jul 2012 #67
Corporate media propaganda organ of the elites upi402 Jul 2012 #69
Stupidity. Rewriting history. Lies. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #71
Because he was the incarnation of greed, corruption, ignorance, and evil. Zorra Jul 2012 #72
Reagan tamed inflation. BT021 Jul 2012 #73
So they waited until Bush Sr was President before they picked up their hammers... kentuck Jul 2012 #75
people and presidents from Truman to ... BT021 Jul 2012 #79
Also, we should not forget the role of Paul Volcker... kentuck Jul 2012 #80
Inflation was a problem all the way back to Nixon. Blanks Jul 2012 #98
Guns and Butter started inflation BT021 Jul 2012 #129
I googled guns and butter and... Blanks Jul 2012 #132
"Guns and butter" is a classic phrase.... LongTomH Jul 2012 #133
Why would that create inflation in the pre-Nixon era? Blanks Jul 2012 #134
carter appointee volker did this by jacking rates up sky high. unblock Jul 2012 #85
Carter tamed inflation. ieoeja Jul 2012 #116
your numbers are just made up BT021 Jul 2012 #130
Interesting thread kentuck NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #76
Thanks Don! kentuck Jul 2012 #77
... Zorra Jul 2012 #103
LOL NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #126
He is all they have. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #78
Because Reaganites know how to tell a story (especially a fictional one) JHB Jul 2012 #81
Sounds like you have this figured out pretty well NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #82
He was inaugurated amid much uber-patriotic flag waving on the a split screen lunatica Jul 2012 #83
lack of alternatives? unblock Jul 2012 #84
Tell your GOP friends this one - that Reagan would never have endorsed free trade with China. reformist2 Jul 2012 #86
I can't believe some poster hasn't claimed Reagan put the first man on the moon yet NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #88
In CA it was believed goclark Jul 2012 #90
Indeed, he did have the IQ requirement dropped that included the mentally handicapped. kentuck Jul 2012 #109
He made all their right wing extremism marketable RFKHumphreyObama Jul 2012 #92
On the 7th day he pardoned George Steinbrenner Capt. Obvious Jul 2012 #93
The idiots loved his movies.n/t Autumn Jul 2012 #96
Ronnie Was Essentially a Grifter Straight Out of Central Casting Kurt Sperry Jul 2012 #99
The question is did Reagan handle the press... Blanks Jul 2012 #100
Reagan was anti-gun, so his minions followed in his footsteps. Tejas Jul 2012 #101
He didn't even know he was president. He was a figure head. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #102
Towards the end Nacy was the Co - President goclark Jul 2012 #125
he could`t get the republican nomination today. madrchsod Jul 2012 #104
Because they had been trying to sell their crazy-ass "trickle-down" economics and racists BS maxrandb Jul 2012 #107
and maxrandb Jul 2012 #108
Anti-unionism too NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #127
they wanted a post-Nixon era hero to worship lanlady Jul 2012 #124
Who else can they worship??? RegieRocker Jul 2012 #128
Short answer: because they were still ashamed of Nixon. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2012 #135
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