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In reply to the discussion: WTF! Hillary Clinton: "The Reagans, particularly Nancy, helped start "a national conversation" [View all]salinsky
(1,065 posts)39. Is it possible ...
... that she got HIV/AIDS confused with Alzheimers??
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WTF! Hillary Clinton: "The Reagans, particularly Nancy, helped start "a national conversation" [View all]
Luminous Animal
Mar 2016
OP
Yes! this just came through my facebook newsfeed twice within the last few minutes!
m-lekktor
Mar 2016
#4
I never actually conversed with them but my commentary about was usually profane.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#5
Hillary's supporters are the modern Reagan Democrats, so there is some symmetry there. [n/t]
Maedhros
Mar 2016
#54
Well, as a matter of fact, they did. I remember well how angry my entire workplace was, including
Jitter65
Mar 2016
#23
Yeah...experienced the death of too many friends in the 80s to let this bullshit pass
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#28
You mean like the Reagan's spit on the graves of thousands of dying people with AIDS in the 80's?
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#30
Nice try, but nobody is making an issue of her attending the funeral . . .
markpkessinger
Mar 2016
#91
The only "national conversation" Nancy Reagan started was consulting Miss Cleo for policy
Erose999
Mar 2016
#29
If by conversation you mean massive denial, that is the conversation they started.
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#31
Sanders issued a gracious statement, but did not attempt to rewrite Nancy's appalling AIDS legacy
markpkessinger
Mar 2016
#42
No one is saying one must rehearse the entire record of a dead public figure . . .
markpkessinger
Mar 2016
#92
I personally think that Nancy was a piece of S$#t but Sanders...Not so much.
revmclaren
Mar 2016
#48
It's a gross miscalculation on her part. I expect it to cost her badly, and it should.
winter is coming
Mar 2016
#87
She needs to apologize. The Reagans were silent for 7 years and did not even acknowledge the deaths
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#55
This place has become such a bore with the over the top reaction to anything Hillary says.
Beacool
Mar 2016
#59
You need to educate yourself out of this space you are in: Reagan's AIDSgate:
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#68
And I thank ACT UP NY for making that website which is rich with history.....
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#89
"I misspoke" has become the go-to excuse for politicians who make indefensible statements . . .
markpkessinger
Mar 2016
#94
apology unaccepted, Kissinger loving, former Wal-mart board member Goldwater Girl and Reagan
Feeling the Bern
Mar 2016
#103
I remember Elizabeth Glasner going to beg Reagan to address aids, because of pediatric aids
peacebird
Mar 2016
#78
She champions all their policy positions, loves war and worships their deity, Reagan
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#90