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kpete
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:35 AM Original message |
Lesley Stahl: "Oh, my, he's gonzo"-CBS almost reported Reagan was mentally unfit in 1986 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. understand what you're saying |
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Thu Jan-20-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. WHAT???!!??? |
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. "I never read about the fatness of Rove or his lack of hair. " |
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. I never googled in search of |
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Heywood J
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Fri Jan-21-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #66 |
88. "She's not the enemy, imho. At least nothing close to a rove or cheney." |
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #88 |
102. More like Commies |
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PatSeg
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #102 |
109. He was an actor |
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Betsy Ross
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
70. I recall many negative remarks about Rove |
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. There is lot of sexism in France you know. While there are some positives, there is a lot |
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Fri Jan-21-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
111. "Women's roles in much of France is behind what we have here in the states" |
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Fri Jan-21-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Just passing on comments from family and friends who live in France |
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femrap
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Fri Jan-21-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Bravo.... |
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Stinky The Clown
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
71. During the reign of Idiot Son, I can say that at least I commented on those aspects of Rove . . . . |
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. You never read posts dissing Turd Blossom? Seriously? |
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Qutzupalotl
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. She doesn't have a medical background. |
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Raine
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. Agree and would CBS have backed her up? Not likely using Dan |
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okieinpain
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
105. i disagree I think you know when you working with someone that |
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Reporters should have ethics & professional standards. One is report verifiable facts. |
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Drunken Irishman
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Fri Jan-21-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
87. Exactly... |
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demigoddess
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. she did not have to report it, we all saw it. We just expected |
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Richard Steele
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. Totally agree with your first paragraph. That last line, though, really flushed your post. nm |
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Octafish
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. So CBS kept shut up about it. |
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okieinpain
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
106. is that a real picture. |
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Octafish
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Fri Jan-21-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Taken at an official 1980 GOP convention function in Detroit. |
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leveymg
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Several recent GOP Presidents should have been removed for mental incapacity - the MSM remained mute |
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1monster
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Thu Jan-20-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. You can't blame Leslie Stahl for showing restraint in a situation like that. She had no |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. FDR and his polio -- |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Polio and mistresses don't prevent a president from doing his job. -nt |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Which is why I said they didn't matter to me. |
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L. Coyote
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Thu Jan-20-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. A mistress might actually be helpful |
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sad sally
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Thu Jan-20-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Don't forget HW and his use of Halceon: don't cry for me Argentina, |
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RamboLiberal
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Thu Jan-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. JFK had medical issues that were covered up |
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Wednesdays
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
82. Certainly, that'd disqualify someone today...um, IF the person's a DEMOCRAT |
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
108. JFK was in pain from a war injury where he heroically saved the lives |
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RamboLiberal
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. JFK had a lot more than the back injury |
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MedicalAdmin
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. There is not a single live journalist in this country, IMHO. |
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harun
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
103. Amy Goodman does a good job. |
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young_at_heart
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why is Michael making this into an issue? |
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Gold Metal Flake
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I'd say he did know his father quite well. |
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Thu Jan-20-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. I thought the family was dysfunctional & didn't mesh together well. |
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Can of Whoop-ass
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
101. Simply |
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rurallib
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
104. Michael Reagan was adopted and IIRC he and Dad went years |
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Celebration
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. hindsight is 20 20 |
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. c'mon, it's not like a reporter would want to report the SCOOP OF THE CENTURY |
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CrispyQ
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Once upon a time . . . |
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femrap
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good grief.... |
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Javaman
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
95. naaa, it's more like no one wants to hear the truth. so the washington beltway crew |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. "He seemed to recover" |
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EFerrari
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. That's what I've seen, too. And CF this with Sargent Shriver |
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Le Taz Hot
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Fri Jan-21-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
89. Thank you for that. |
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hunter
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. I saw Reagan at a live appearance during his second term. |
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. "managed to show a little sound bite Reagan managed to spout as if nothing was amiss" |
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CreekDog
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. I saw him at a BYU appearance in 1991 (mixed, in my view) |
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hunter
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. I think WestSeattle2's post #63 is a good one. |
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Javaman
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
96. My mom had alzhiemers... |
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old mark
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. I do recall that several times it WAS reported that Reagan "fell asleep"... |
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Ilsa
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
68. I remember that. They were just giving us the facts, no conclusions, which is was |
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #68 |
93. Sleeping with his eyes open- really now? |
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masmdu
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks a lot ... It would have been a different world if you'd have done your Job! |
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Raine
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. No, it wouldn't be. Stahl wouldn't have been |
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Ichingcarpenter
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. I read they were afraid the 25th amendment would have been used |
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stevenleser
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Fri Jan-21-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
115. See, I dont understand that. I'm not directing that at you but what constitutional crisis? |
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Spike89
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Report what? |
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hunter
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. She could have reported events exactly as they occured. |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. This is a woman he had been interviewd by -- |
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Spike89
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Thu Jan-20-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. That is simply not a fact that can be reported |
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Marnie
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Alzheimerss is a very slow progressing disability |
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Javaman
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
97. Frankly, I think it effects people differently... |
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Reagan was mentally unfit in 1986... |
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DeSwiss
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
78. .... |
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shanti
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. the administration didn't care |
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Churchill was mentally incompetant in his last term |
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have, over the years, wondered |
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snooper2
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why do you copy in the "RawStory" link |
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druidity33
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
58. wasn't always so... |
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. I often think back to his first inauguration, when he turned to an aide and asked... |
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Don't know if this was ever on in the US |
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Initech
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. What's worse - a mentally unstable president, or what the birthers claim? |
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karynnj
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. One time where it was pretty apparent was over Iran/Contra |
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seabeyond
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. i remember that one reason he didnt remember the meetings was he had fallen asleep |
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bettyellen
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
92. falling asleep. is a eumphemism for spacing out now? Narcolespsy is not a sympton of AZ |
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Major Hogwash
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
85. He was a B rate actor. But his skills at portraying other people certainly helped him. |
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karynnj
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #85 |
107. You have a cool grandpa! |
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Dappleganger
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. He was Saint Ronnie... |
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JackRiddler
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. A mental deterioration was visible in his appearances from 1984 forward... |
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Mopar151
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Thu Jan-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. When was he (never?) an intellectual giant? |
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L. Coyote
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Thu Jan-20-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. I know I did. It sure was obvious, and a great excuse to run a criminal enterprise |
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ElsewheresDaughter
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Thu Jan-20-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. "My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" The boy said, "I'm your son, Mike." "Oh," said Reagan. "I |
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renate
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I remember reading that story |
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idrahaje
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Thu Jan-20-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hey then we has Bush Jr who cheated thru school. |
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tanyev
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Thu Jan-20-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. But it was so cute when he related plot points from his movies as if they'd really happened. |
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Major Hogwash
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. It was obvious to those (us) who had been around older people that he was really out of it. |
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calimary
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. It's not the crime, Lesley, it's the coverup. |
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Raine
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
84. The crime was his doctors that covered it up |
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WestSeattle2
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. That's Alzheimer's! It's a progressive disease that in most |
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uppityperson
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. You can cover up for yourself for quite some time, then it becomes apparent |
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WestSeattle2
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
118. Absolutely. My mother's neurologist told us that victims learn |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Thu Jan-20-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
63. This reporter failed in her duty |
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Raine
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Thu Jan-20-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. I can't blame her, would CBS or anyone else have backed her |
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pitchforksandtorches
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Thu Jan-20-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
80. I give thanks to the FSM that the fucker is dead. |
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PufPuf23
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. Reagan was at least partially impaired following the attempted assassination event. |
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Sherman A1
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
86. We all knew to some degree, however it should have been |
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spicegal
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Fri Jan-21-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
90. I've always suspected that there was a cover-up with |
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ingac70
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. It would have been just as bad.... |
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Javaman
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
94. Just goes to show that the repukes are more interested in easily manipulated cardboard cutouts |
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dotymed
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
98. I think, |
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northoftheborder
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. This is an important post and thread. Especially #98 |
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Sat Jan-22-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #98 |
119. great post |
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fascisthunter
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Fri Jan-21-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
100. What is a Free Press? |
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sarcasmo
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Fri Jan-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
110. Kick. |
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Fri Jan-21-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
117. Hindsight folks! |
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