Ronald Reagun made me the Democrat I am...

[truebrit71]

You know, I'd forgotten how much Ronnie pissed me off.....until I just turned on the Idiot Box just now...And there he was in all his "glory"...his annoying smile, his insulting platitudes, his total lack of knowledge, his stupid little mannerisms...

And I thought to myself, THAT'S when I became I lifelong Democrat. I had just moved to the USA after he had been "October Surprised" into office, and my friends and family in the UK were genuinely concerned that I was moving to a country that was out and out dangerous...

They were right...

His insane policies from his goobernatorial ( ;-)) years were transformed into national disasters. His ignorance, his lack of savvy and his lack of understanding on even the most BASIC of issues that affected everyday citizens, was astounding.

Bear in mind that when he was elected into office the rest of the world was AMAZED that this incompetent fool had been chosen. He was the most hated and despised President in memory, Europe scoffed at him, Europe scorned him, Europe laughed at him.

And then along game Jr.

He has now succesfully taken that mantle and taken it to new lows.

People in Europe do not fear *. They HATE him. With a burning passion. His ignorance, his lack of savvy and his lack of understanding of even the most BASIC of issues that affected everyday citizens is astounding. See a resemblance yet?

Any Democrat that voted for Reagun is no Democrat in my book.

I fiercely voiced my opposition of Reagun back then, and I voice my opposition of * even more loudly now....

To the Reagun family my condolences, your long suffering is over. Unfortunately there are MILLIONS that paid the price while he was in office, and few wept for them. I shed no tears today, instead I offer thanks. Thanks to "Ketchup is a vegetable" Ronnie-boy my political fires were stoked, my activism was set alight, and my deep committed belief that the only good republican is a republican out of office came to fruition. Thank you Ronald Reagun for making me a life-long, hardcore, fierce and proud DEMOCRAT.

May God have mercy on his soul.

[troublemaker]

1. I know I wouldn't have read all Michael Harrington's books

1982-1984 without Reagan's brand of 'inspiration'

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. Nice post. Consider me a "Nixon Democrat"

I'm still collecting my thoughts and emotions, but I suppose form this perspective I am a "Nixon Democrat" with a little Ron in me to seal the deal.

[erpowers]

4. Please Explain

What do you mean when you say you are a Nixon Democrat? Where you a Democrat who voted for Nixon?

[Zynx]

5. He means that Nixon turned him Democrat.

[coloradodem2005]

7. Consider me a "Bush Democrat."

I leaned Dem before but Bush really pushed me into being a Democrat.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Me too.

My bottomless loathing for Reagan at the tender age of 14 woke me up early and made me a strong liberal then and there.

[lebkuchen]

6. Bush was even protested in Tokyo today,

even though he's currently in the opposite hemisphere!



Members of the Zengakuren student group protest during a demonstration against U.S. troops in Iraq, near the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, June 5, 2004. Some 50 students denounced the U.S. military occupation of Iraq.




A member of the Zengakuren student group raises his fist during a demonstration against U.S. troops in Iraq, near the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, June 5, 2004. Some 50 students denounced the U.S. military occupation of Iraq.

[Cleita]

8. When Reagan first ran for governor of California, my landlord,

who was a known movie star, started spitting nails about it. He said that he had been President of the Screen Actors Guild, the union for actors, and that he had done a terrible job because of his conservative policies. He just couldn't run for governor because he would run the state into the ground. We all sank into a dark funk when he was elected.

Never mind that years later, he also screwed up the country as President. Clinton managed to undo some of the damage from his economic policies for eight short years and here we are again, with the Reagan economic legacy worse and darker than ever, and a bunch of chickenhawks leading us into endless war on top of it.