He didn't go there... did he?

[walldude]

Obama hails Reagan For Inspiring US.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/24/Obama-hails-Reagan-for-inspiring-US/UPI-70081295899127/


"In an oped piece published in USA Today, Obama said the 40th president, who was born 100 years ago Feb. 6, "understood that while we may see the world differently and hold different opinions about what's best for our country, the fact remains that we are all patriots who put the welfare of our fellow citizens above all else."

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"He understood that it is always 'Morning in America.' That was his gift, and we remain forever grateful."

Yeah if there is one thing I am grateful for it's Ronald Fucking Reagan.

[Brickbat]

1. Grateful for Reagan? Pardon me as I vomit.

This is a load of revisionist tripe. Unless he really believes it. Which, you know, who knows?

[Horse with no Name]

2. It's not the first time he has been "there"

and it smacks of pandering to THEIR base while blatantly refusing to pander to ours.

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[gratuitous]

5. Oh yeah, I'm real grateful for the Hollywood Snitch

Tell me again how Reagan, one of the original Blacklist Snitches, thought that we are all patriots who love our country even though we might see the world differently or hold different opinions. None of Ronnie's pals faced prison or the loss of their livelihood for ratting out their compatriots to HUAC or the Senate Select Committee. No, the only ones at risk were those who weren't sufficiently American as defined by assholes like Martin Dies, Richard Nixon and Joe McCarthy.

[bobbolink]

9. Thank you for reminding us of that bit of disgusting history. That he is still lauded as a hero is

:puke: inducing.

[WCGreen]

26. Yea, he was a whiney selfish ass hole...

[Starry Messenger]

28. Thank you. n/t

[Arctic Dave]

6. Why not go there, the repugs often coop liberal icons for their perversions.

I say we coop reagan and turn him into a HUGH LIBERAL!

Who else will they be able to turn to for their fantasies then.

[tabatha]

7. He is playing with their f***ing minds.

[JoePhilly]

8. He's playing with their "Mythical Reagan".

[MrSlayer]

10. Put the welfare of citizens above all else? Reagan?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Oh man, that is hilarious. :rofl: :spray:

[JuniperLea]

18. He had the right idea on immigration amnesty...

It was one of the few things I agreed with him on.

[MrSlayer]

21. And Charles Manson loves animals.

One good point does not wipe out all the bad points.

[KittyWampus]

23. Nice spin on Godwin there.

[MrSlayer]

32. Yes.

I figured the Hitler thing was off the table, though it's probably more apt when it comes to Saint Ronnie.

[JuniperLea]

25. I never said they did...

I'm just sayin'... it's always a good idea to use their own against them, and no one is 100% bad... the broad brush doesn't help the cause.

[Autumn]

11. Yeah he went there, not for the first time

either. Must not be any great, inspiring Democratic Presidents to praise.

[treestar]

12. He can hardly insult former presidents on such occasions

[Cleita]

13. He doesn't need to put them on a pedestal either. n/t

[Cleita]

dupe.

[Cleita]

14. dupe.

[11 Bravo]

17. Was the third time the charm?

[truebrit71]

15. That's just total bullshit. Factually pure bullshit. He didn't gave a tinkers' damn about is fellow

..citizens unless they were a) rich b) white and c) male...if you were a woman or a minority you could go just fuck yourself...

I am beyond sick of the constant re-imagining of this senile old bastard from weepy-eyed morons on the right, but I feel almost physically ill when one of the sycophantic revisionsts is supposedly one of us..

I am grateful that his gibbering idiocy was term-limited to only eight years... And Obama should know better..

[JuniperLea]

20. You forgot about his immigration amnesty...

Wow... people around here sure do forget things.

[truebrit71]

40. ..and whom did that benefit?

...Rich white folks that didn't have to worry about whether Jose was legal or not..

[truebrit71]

44. ..also, they were immigrants not 'fellow citizens'...

..

[JuniperLea]

16. I quote Reagan and GHWBush all the time...

They have both said a lot of things the current GOTP would be outraged at. GHWB called Reagan's "trickle-down economics" voodoo economics. That's my fav... so I'm fond of saying that I would like to see Reagan's immigration policies and GHWB's anti-Reagan economic policies revisited.

There is a sliver of good in all, regardless of political orientation. I know GWB did a few good things. I think they were accidental, but that's my opinion. The fact remains he did a little good.

[EFerrari]

19. Yes, he went there. He endorsed the most destructive president in modern history. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. "You Lie!"

Reagan demonstrably did not have the welfare of his fellow citizens as a core value.

[Kurovski]

35. Just look at that big-mouthed brown shirt.

What a dickweed. Hitler would have pet him behind his ear and fed him a nice bratwurst.

[IcyPeas]

24. appeasing the other side.... again.

[Coyote_Bandit]

27. "...we are all patriots

who put the welfare of our fellow citizens above all else....."

Bullshit on all counts.

Despite what our founding documents say, we are not all created equal. The corporations are worth more than flesh and blood citizens. And rich people are worth more than regular working folks. Seems that some are far more equal than others. And leaders of both political parties have made these distinctions for quite a long while.

[Gregorian]

29. He must have confused "morning" with "Winter".

As in Gil Scott Heron.

[NCarolinawoman]

30. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles." "A tree is a

tree. How many more do you need to look at?"

"You've seen one redwood, you've seen them all."

Such inspiring quotes from Ronald Reagan. :sarcasm: I wonder what Teddy Roosevelt would have thought?

Reagan totally demolished the environmental reputation of the Republican party.

[Cerridwen]

31. As I read his op-ed, I kept hearing, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."

ANTONY

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.

------
William Shakespeare » Julius Caesar » Act 3. Scene II

[eilen]

33. I am beyond perplexed why people don't believe him when he tells you who he is. nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

36. "I'm a Nixon Republican. Seriously. No, really." n/t

[bobbolink]

34. Raygun purged 417,000 from disability.... suicides were epidemic.

Obama is quietly doing the same.... it is part of the "reducing the deficit" plan.

Soooo glad to know he has his own heroes!

[blindpig]

43. Well, it's responsible government.....

Responsible to who, well, that's another story.

Not to us.

[Raine]

37. Yup and he's been there before like during the

primaries. :puke:

[AngryOldDem]

38. Reagan is responsible for the decimation of the U.S. mental health system.

Among a lot of other things.

Yeah...his "gifts" just keep on giving. We're still paying for them almost 30 years later.

[amborin]

39. Obama endorsed Reagan during the prez campaign

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[Swede]

42. Yep,Ben Stein endorsed Obama.