Reagan is Dead: Ready for a week of blubbing neocons?

[Cascadian]

We'll here we go...

I suppose we will all have to spend an entire week of Republicans and the right wing media just falling over themselves at the fact Reagan died. I suppose I will head over to Hollywood Video and just rent tons of movies.

John

[AlFrankenFan]

1. I personally am a bit sad

And I'm especially sad for one of my friends who admired him so much like so many others. Personally I'm keeping my TV off news channels for a month.

[SHRED]

12. I'm sad too.

For all those Nicaraguan children that had to see their Mom's raped by the Contras, and worse.

[lancdem]

2. I think we can handle it

I was no fan of his presidency, obviously, but his suffering is finally over.

[theoceansnerves]

3. the revisionism

is gonna be sickening.

[eyesroll]

4. Our state Democratic party convention is this coming weekend

The timing will be good.

[catzies]

5. Good idea. No TV for me except the NBA Finals.

Oh, and pity me. I live a few miles from the Reagan Library, where he is to be interred.

The world will descend on Simi Valley and the rest of Ventura County very shortly.

[Cascadian]

8. Aw....ABC will probably disrupt that too.

I am sorry to say that.


John

[Benhurst]

6. Now he belongs to the soundstages. n/t

[Don_G]

7. Where Do You Figure They Will Plant Him?

Arlington?

[catzies]

18. The Reagan Library in Simi Valley CA (last I heard)

It's also conveniently located near a Naval Air Station, where Air Force One will land and anyone else requiring that level of security.

Oh goody, I bet I get to see Air Force One from my office window. x(

[Soup Bean]

9. The Neocons don't have a great deal in common with Reagan.

Reagan wouldn't like them very much, I don't think. Nancy sure doesn't, and neither does Ron Jr. He DEFINITELY wouldn't like Shrub, and I really don't believe he cared much for Poppy. Reagan was a decent sort, personally.

[madrchsod]

17. you are right

my dad knew ronnie-he was a decent guy,he took advantage of opportunities that came his way..he had a vision of america that didn`t change to much from his days in dixon..my dad used to call him "a big dumb mick`" he came along way from a kid that moved from town to town because his dad was an acoholic who couldn`t keep a job ,his mom was the only real support he had..
opps-you are right about your statements

[terrya]

10. It was a terrible way to die. BUT, we shouldn't just sit there...

and let the neocons gush about Reagan's record as President. The Reagan administration was a fucking disaster for this country (and, no, goddammit, he did NOT single handedly win the Cold War). Reagan's 8 years as President was belligerence in foreign policy, utter indifference to needs of the poor and working class, an agressive anti-environmental policy, complete silence on AIDS (until heterosexuals were at risk). Hell, this sounds depressingly goddamned familiar, doesn't it?

I'm sorry for the Reagan family. But dammit, I'm not going to forgive or forget Reagan's imprint on America.

[Cascadian]

14. I agree with you.

My grandfather died of Alzheimer's disease a few years ago. I was devasted over the way he deteriorated. It is sad how Reagan died but still let us not allow people from forgetting. Forgetting the way he set the standard of setting back this country and creating the gap between the rich and poor. We must not let people be misled into thinking Reagan was a great president.


John

[jus_the_facts]

15. I agree with you completely.....

.....sorry for the people who loved him...but I'm NOT one of those people! :(

[wryter2000]

11. More like a month or two

But with any luck, Bush will have lost all warm fuzzies long before the election.

[madrchsod]

13. neocons that basically

used him as a front man to pursue the policy we have today in the whitehouse-the neocons that he didn`t like? oh ya,they`ll be out in force praising him..and go old stab him or shoot him will be blubbering about how great it was to serve him..ya right -prop up the dumb ass give him a speach so no one will see who is pulling his strings...
i`m glad i got a job out of ronnieland and the weather is nice,so i don`t have to see or hear all the shit everyone is going to say about him...

[Liberal Classic]

16. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

There will also be a week of petty nattering from the left about how glad they are Reagan is dead.

[magnolia]

19. People die...it's sad.

No disrespect intended but...just his morning a fellow democrat and I were saying that if they could pull it off, the Bush people would arrange to have him die right at election time in order to rally the their base and get the sympathy vote! I'm glad that didn't happen...and that his suffering is over.

[DBoon]

20. His death is sad

What he did as president was even sadder.

[otohara]

21. Good Week To Paint The House, Weed The Garden,

clean the basement, go on vacation - anything but read newspapers, magazines, and especially watch the news....

Yick

[alarimer]

22. It could be worse

IT could be OCtober...
I don't really think this will help Bush at all. A lot of people who are voting probably barely remember Reagan. He hasn't been PResident for 18 years and he was never a factor in subsequent elections. I am sorry he suffered for so long..or rather, that his family had to watch him decline from a horrible disease. Still, his legacy wasn't enough to get Bush I reelected and I doubt seriously it will help Shrub. I would be more worried about them finding Bin Laden or about another attack. But Reagan was so far gone I can't believe Bush would even campaign on "a vote for me is a vote for Reagan". There will be a lot of crap on TV; the funeral will be televised. A lot of talking heads will be talking a lot of crap but the world has changed so much since Reagan was out of office I can't believe he is still relevant at all.