GOP Co-opting the media to evangelize their bullshit idolatry of Reagan

[bacchant]

Why is it Republicans love to pretend the country is united behind whatever malarkey they advance? They swarm us with images and sound bites that would lead one to believe that this truly IS a One-Party-Christian-Nation.

[montanacowboy]

1. Because they can

eom

[bacchant]

2. Heh, yeah I guess so

[kentuck]

3. Wonder how they talked the "liberal media" into such an idea ??

It is abundantly clear who is in control of the corporate media..

[styersc]

4. People who make asses of themselves by treating a dead man and

his grieving family with open contempt and disrespect will turn away masses and make allies for the former president.

I know all the terrible policies that were championed by Reagan- I actively fought him at nearly every turn. I am confident that as time passes, clear, unprejudiced debate will allow the truth to come out.

It only muddles the process to malign a man as he is mourned.

Reagan was a powerful personality at a time when the country was looking for a grandfather rather then a president. We should respectfully mourn the grandfather but be ready to reasonably discuss the failures of the president.

[prolesunited]

8. So, in your opinion

the 24-7 media coverage, federal holiday, stock market closing and efforts like renaming the Pentagon and putting his face on Rushmore and currency is justified?

As much as I agree that it is tasteless to kick a dead man before he's buried in the ground, could this backlash not be somewhat expected as so many rush to elevate him to sainthood and blanket the airwaves with their views.

[Warpy]

11. you bet

Breaking into television every time his carcass is shifted from one spot to another, or every time somebody who isn't as ugly as the average Repuglican passes by the coffin as BREAKING NEWS! is turning a lot of people off.

Blowback is almost as big a bitch as payback is.

[styersc]

16. I don't think the coverage is justified- seems to be symtpomatic

of a slow news week but as far as I am tired of the coverage, you would have to be George W. Bush right about now. This was supposed to be his big week:

1). Big speech at Normandy, France.
2). Meeting with European leaders a s host of the G-8.
3). UN resolution supporting new Gov't in Iraq (no one mentions that our original resolution was editted four times at the request of Russia, China and France).

This could have been a non-stop photo-op for W but instead we started out with Tenet's resignation and then Reagan's passing. It was actually the first decent thing that Ronnie ever did for liberals.

[bacchant]

10. So I'm an ass?

My comment was about the media juggernaut not about Reagan. If I have to be down with their dog and pony show to be OK with you, then you're the ass... jack.

[mopaul]

12. I suppose i could kiss his dead ass if it would help

i just can't dredge up any sympathy the dead nazi and his family.

just an insane opinion

[tom_paine]

5. They love it for the same reason the Nazis loved it

If you can surround everyone with an Orwellian Cloak of Lies, you can control what they see, hear, think, even perceive as reality.

And these guys make Stalin, Kruschev and the Soviet Crew of 1980 look like pikers in the Psychomanipluative Sciences.

The Busheviks make the entire PsychoManiuplation staff of the Soviet Union in 1978 like kids in a kindergarten fingerpainting.

They do it to solidify thweir Unchecked Imperial Power behind a cloak of Soviet-style lies and Manipulation of Language, etc.

[styersc]

17. Lighten up Francis.

You know that a tin hat can cause scalp acne.

[glarius]

6. On CNN David Corn is giving Wolf and Laura Ingraham fits!

He's knocking down all the fables about Reagan ending the cold war single handedly and lots of other crap....It's funny!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. How are they responding?

[glarius]

13. Ingraham is going nuts

Saint Ronnie DID end the cold war....He inspired HER to get involved...It's all Wolf can do to try to pretend he is impartial...

[KharmaTrain]

9. Let 'Em Overplay It More!!

Watching the Wolfmeister (why do I torment myself???) and his combination of condescending remarks and overstating the obvious, you'd think Raygun died in office while making peace with the Soviet Union. Sheesh!

I just saw David Corn and what a breath of fresh air it was. He took Laura "HIC"ngraham and tore her a 5th asshole (chrome plated, no-less) about all the lies and destruction of the Raygun regime. Wolfie tries to do the "in all fairness, but I'm gonna gang up on you, too" bit and made things even more obvious as to the jaded coverage that's going on.

Most people see this death like their Uncle Raymond or Crazy Uncle Louie...he hasn't been around for a long time and let's just bury the bastard and move on with life. I know of far more tragic deaths going on in Iraq we're sure not hearing about...rather than the pampered beatification of one of the gentry.

[Kikosexy2]

14. It's becoming..

overbloated blather non-stop---just overkill really. This week alone I refuse to watch the news with the exception of the BBC news--at least they feature other news than 24/7 Bonzo coverage! Right now "Elimidate" is much more entertaining than Reagan-news media-orgasms! So are the Lakers gonna win the championship?

[swinney]

15. Let Repugs Eat these 66 Lemons on Reagan

--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)

(Peggy Noonan pay attention)

1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eigh t years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.


62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.

------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
Clarence Swinney—Burlington NC.—[e-mail]