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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:31 AM Original message |
When did Reagan the Myth begin? |
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Wapsie B
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great post! |
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agates
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. I saw the myth gain wings during the Clinton years |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Definitely... and ironically |
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phantom power
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. he was being called "great communicator" by his 2nd term |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. There was most certainly an allure that built after his |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Actually, Reagan was popular when he left office |
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bryant69
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. True |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I didn't think that the Bush win was a landslide |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Look at the numbers |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. fair enough |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. And how did Bush "almost lose" in '88 |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Relative to the electoral mop-ups |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Dukakis won eleven states |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. It was resounding by any standard |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. explained above |
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Az
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. There is a very specific thing he did that enamored him to the neocons |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. So could the reemergence of the myth making |
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agates
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Reagan's trickle down economics and personal convictions |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. if only we could figure out |
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agates
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I don't think it is possible |
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Az
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Dethroning the myth |
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buddhamama
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. when the Repubs took control of both Houses |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. That makes sense |
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buddhamama
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. claim credit but more importantly use the "myth" |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Spot on! |
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Merlin
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. It began after GHWB lost, during the incandescence of the neocon putsch |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Actually, the Gingrich folks (even before he ascended to power) |
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NewJeffCT
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'd guess it started Jan 21, 1989 |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. and doesn't the irony just crack you up? |
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CWebster
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. Like the Nazis creating an Aryan mythology |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. their success: |
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madrchsod
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. 1981 |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. and indeed.. that was a myth |
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keithyboy
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. It began when Clinton won election. |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. what was the relative time frame between Lebanon and Grenada |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. It began in earnest in 1984 |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Was just talking about a particular campaign spot (Ailes produced, I |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. You also have to realize that Reagan did nothing in his second term |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Could be suffering "inside the beltway" vision |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Inside the Beltway, he was hurt |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Good characterization |
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theboss
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm sure there are many "what happened" books about the Reagan years |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Thanks for the recommendations |
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Snellius
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. Semi-officially with the Reagan Legacy Project |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. heroic my behind... |
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3rdParty
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. It really took off when the Berlin Wall came down. |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Wonder how Poppy feels about that |
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Snellius
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I know. The "Reagan ended the Cold War" myth is truly stinky. |
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indigobusiness
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. When Reagan the Lie was turned inside out. |
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Armstead
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
41. While he was in office |
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tjwash
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. Reagan was a fraud... |
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seabeyond
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. to take clinton down, gingrich |
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Southsideirish
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. I think it was all the joking around during the operation after the |
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