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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:00 AM Original message |
Reagan Sucked. Deal With It. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Amen, fellow DUer. |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. yummy |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Plus he started the cut the tax for the wealthy... |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. As well as escalating deregulation which allowed capitalistic |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Some of that huge tax cut |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Yes, remember when he was called the "Teflon Man"? |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's not us you have to convince that Raygun was a lier and worse it's his adoring |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. plenty of 'reagan democrats' on DU. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yep. |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:00 PM Original message |
Thats the problem people adjust so fast to change they forget what it was like |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. no,time moves very fast |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. I don't think wages have kept up with cost of living since I started working |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. They haven't |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
74. Except for Congress and Senate, they get cost of living increases. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. Most importantly, do they remember when the Democratic party.............. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Hmmm, and when, OH WHEN, did that stagnation START? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
79. I presume |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
89. Actually, there are a lot of youngsters who don't remember. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Yes, there are...unfortunately. n/t |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
81. That is a misnomer, a contradiction in terms |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Damn sure did |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. If you want to make your USSR collapse easier say this: |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. it still baffles me why they give reagan the credit instead of capitalism vs. communism. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Wasn't even Capitalism vs. Communism. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. yes, the ussr never really tried communism, just as the usa never really tried capitalism. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
82. Oh, we tried true capitalism. What do you think the gilded age was? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #82 |
97. that's where the internalization of externalities comes in. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Henry Kissinger said the USSR would have fallen if Reagan never existed. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. A very delicate way of saying that he had nothing to do with it. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I'm a root cause analysis kind of guy |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Like I said...inability to accept change. Causes stagnation. |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. +1 million |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. A horrible President and an awful man |
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tsstranger (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
72. RayGun was a puppet |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. The ghost of Reagan is the most dangerous spirit in America now |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. Reagan was a disaster on so many levels. that graphic sums it up well. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. rumor has it |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. k/r |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. RayGun was a 'B' Grade actor and a 'D' Grade President. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. I am always amazed that Reagan the fool is a god now |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
86. often, they'd rev up the chopper's engines when reporters asked him non-preapproved questions |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. Don't care about the man. However, the ideology he trumpeted is one |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yep. K&R + "Reagan and the Salvadoran Baby Skulls" by Robert Parry |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. +1 for that article. Chilling stuff. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
87. Ditto |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Feel better soon. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. If I could afford the frivolous expense I would order up some |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. You should post that info in the DU Men's Group. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Thank You For Putting This Up, Sir |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
83. Thank you for that link! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sucked the chrome offa trailer hitch. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. the beginning of the end |
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leftupnorth (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Tea cup and my photobucket! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. Kicked and highly recommended. One of the WORST Presidents in my lifetime. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. I believe he has a daughter that is liberal too. The shithead one........... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reagan was the beginning of the end. And he was a real asshole in California |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. You know it. And don't forget that CA had the #1 public school system in the nation... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
80. Yup, UC tuition used to be free (or ridiculously) cheap for CA residents |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. I hate the '80s |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. k & R bookmarked |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. REAGAN CAUSED UNEMPLOYMENT & THEN LIED |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. If anyone here remembers the commercial time per hour on TV....... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Reagan killed 241 US Soldiers in Lebanon then Cut & Ran, but not one rightwinger complained... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The list of his sh!t is so long, it doesn't even fit on that photograph |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
92. And then trumped up the Grenada invasion so people would |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. kick |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hated sex ???? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Like most Conservatives... |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. Andrew Faulds called Reagan an "incoherent cretin", and I agree. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. Oh you got that right! |
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TatonkaJames (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Just Like Arnold... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
47. Sacrilege!!! This is st ronnie, the bestest president ever!!! |
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Hersheygirl (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
53. The truest statement I have ever read. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
55. And yet the right wing fellates his moldering corpse relentlessly. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. And he is all they have. |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
56. Reagan was scum |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
57. You're being too kind. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. Jimmy Carter via Charter 77 deserves credit for Berlin Wall Fall |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. Good post ! |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
60. Who exactly is this intended for? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. It's a form of therapy. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Fair enough. I think most DU'ers have "dealt" with Reagan sucking already though. nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
93. Actually, we will be dealing with his suckiness for generations to come. |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
61. Yes, Reagan was a monstrosity . . . |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thanks for reminding us, kpete. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
63. Raygun and the Repubs in Congress fought hard against rights for people with disabilities |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
65. Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
68. He mandated that we pay |
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vincenzoesq (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
70. Only one positive I can see |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
71. K & R |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
73. Ronald Reagan made selfishness respectable |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
75. Sucked, big time!! K&R n/t |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
76. He did de-regulate everything...oh,wait...that sucked,too... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
78. Thanks for the OP |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
84. NATIONAL DEBT went from 350 bil to 3.5 TRIL...600 ship Navy...he wasa puppet propped up by the GOP |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
88. Yes. But, he only sucked between the drools. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
91. Screams from the "Amen" corner |
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94. Kick &Recommended!!! |
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