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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:34 AM Original message |
"Reagan did a lot of good things." I ask them "Name one." |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. He singlehandedly defeated Commies.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. With his heat-vision powers! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Cue the video!!!! |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
78. he is the man who invented the wheel |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. I know the one they always say (as I've heard it a few times before) — |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Yeah, I know I felt lots safer... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. LOL! NT |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. I usally get, "He won the cold war" |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. yeah. I always hear that one |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. The bromide I hear repeated without any other examples is... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Yes, and another item I've heard regarding that... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Ted Turner deserves most credit for that - his idea for INTERNATIONAL NEWS |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Not Only That, But. . . |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Even That's Not True |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
62. great points, as always... also should add |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I think Gorbachev had more to do with the breakup of the Soviet Union |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Not to mention the fact that the USSR was ready to fall apart |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
79. He increased the quality of ketchup.. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. I guess you just want examples of good things during his Presidency... |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Didn't declare war, but... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. Tear down that wall.... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here is a partial list of the things that happened under Reagan's watch |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Spellcheck, spellcheck, jeez. |
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BuhByeChimp (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is why I liked Reagan. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Natan Sharansky is a PNACer. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
36. And who will have the temerity to call George Bush's America |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I'm sure the prisoners sitting in gitmo cells... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Was there a link there? Why isn't there one now? |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. The neocons will spout that he "beat" communism but really |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. EPA was Nixon. |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Thanks for the correction - I should have known that - well, then |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Right. Look up "Anne Buford"... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. there was... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. he raised taxes in his second term |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. He liked to eat jellybeans |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. He singlehandedly broke the powerful air-traffic controllers union. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. OK........I thought of a real one...(stem cell research) |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. Supposedly America was "standing tall again" |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. kinda like a black velvet painting of reagan, john wayne, and jesus |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. He singlehandedly tore down the Berlin Wall!! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. with his bare hands! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I'm remembering laser beams from his eyes... |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
57. I always thought it was with the power of his superhuman mind |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
83. he flew air force one into it |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well, I thought he was a pretty |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. He repopularized Jelly Beans. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Not necessarily. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. He was better than W...and he was a better speaker than W too |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. he made the world safe for PNAC |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Everything Bill Clinton did, Reagan only promised to do. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. He helped a bunch of Christian White people feel good about... |
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BuhByeChimp (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. He solved the Rubix Cube in under 6 seconds. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. If you like Ketchup, he got it recognized as a vegetable. So that's good |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. Made people feel good |
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RUZIK1 (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. zilch but the right |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
40. Trickle down economy |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. He had an exit strategy for Lebanon and Grenada |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Lebanon: "run the fuck away!" |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Come on now... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. He united the right-wingers... |
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Deb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. Ron, his son. n/t |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. He signed the law to eliminate double hulled oil tankers... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. "My guardian says I can't talk." |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Also if you recall, James Watt was part of his "team"... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Printing out the Grist piece |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. There actually was one batshit nut job on the board recently... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. Fuck Ronald Reagan. 2nd worst pres under W. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
52. He liberated the nutmeg in Grenada! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. He cut the hell out of AIDS funding. To them thats a good thing n/t |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
58. Oh, come on! The best thing he did in his entire life was |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You've never seen "Knute Rockne All American"! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I don't like sports. I do like apes. n/t |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
60. He got federal workers a free 3 day weekend right? |
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fordnut (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
63. I cant` think of one,but can think of many bad things |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. His administration helped Saddam get WMD, |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
69. He believed that the air controllers were too stressed because |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Right, to break the union...Union busting fucking Reagan! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
73. He galvanized the Retarded Right |
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Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. He made certain people feel good about themselves |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
76. Gorbachev did a lot of good things Reagan took credit for. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
77. He made it okay to be racist again.... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. yes, "it's mourning in america" |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
80. for starters |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
84. Well, he cut the funding for Alzheimer's research. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
85. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" |
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