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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:33 PM
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I'm going to re-repeat my Reagan story from 1980...
Edited on Sat Jan-15-11 04:43 PM by PCIntern
I had just finished my clinical years in dental school, graduated, and opened a practice. Among my first patients was a gentleman who was and is a rather well-known mental health professional here in Philly. Reagan had just been elected, it was cold out, and I was generally disgusted.

When the gentleman came in for the third or fourth of his many long appointments for his full-mouth reconstruction, I said to him that what really concerned me about Reagan was that they had run an article about how wherever he goes, he always has a jar of brightly-colored jelly beans. I remarked that we had a guy on our block when I was a kid who was always interested in brightly-colored trash cans - in fact, he had them all over the house and would empty them all day. He wound up with a diagnosis of dementia of some sort - things were much more indistinct in those days.

The Ph.D. looked at me and said, "He's got early Alzheimer's - no question about it. You can see it in his eyes, in his hesitations, and his rote-speech."

We still see each other and talk about the old days and how we had an instant bond from this event.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:38 PM
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1. "Huh? What? Huh?" - Ronald DraftDodger Reagan (R)
Edited on Sat Jan-15-11 04:38 PM by SpiralHawk
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:34 AM
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42. You've gotten very good at getting your scorn across in one liners.
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 10:35 AM by crikkett
Sometimes your ridicule comes close to cruelty.
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:59 PM
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54. Not to be critical, but when you insult someone, make sure your insults are true.
Reagan never saw any military theatre service, but he provided theatrical services for the miltary. He was not a draft dodger. There are far more legitimate things for which to critize him.

Ronald Reagan United States Army Reserve, United States Army Air Corps Captain Stateside service during World War II (1942–1945); Army Reserve (1937–1942)
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:00 PM
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55. I'm no Reagan fan but he did serve in the military on active duty
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:21 PM
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67. Are you two defenders of Stateside Ronnie for REAL?! Ty Power fought in the Marines;
Lee Marvin. Eddie Albert. James Arness. Henry Fonda. Mel Brooks. Art Carney. William Holden. Tony Curtis. Rod Steiger.

Audie Murphy.

Meanwhile, THIS is the evil LIE Reagan told:
"Once while receiving Israeli dignitaries, Reagan claimed to have accompanied World War II film crews to liberated Nazi death camps, when in reality he spent the war in California."
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ronald-reagan-is-born
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:33 PM
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74. Most of us actually believe that our facts should be accurate, even if it impinges on our ability to
insult and/or besmirch the reputation of a political opponent. Even a dead one.

"Are you two defenders of Stateside Ronnie for REAL?!"

No one is "defending" Ronald Reagan, of course: they are defending the actual facts as they are, i.e. historical truth. That is a progressive value, just FYI.
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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:53 PM
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80. He just gave the list of celebrities who actually served in combat in WWII

He forgot a few that I know of: Jimmy Stewart and Ed McMahon. A few on the list did some extraordinary things, BTW. Stewart was a bomber pilot, and the survival rate for that was about fifty percent. Albert and Ed MacMahon both distinguished himself in battle. (He shouldn't have counted Audie Murphy, because he became a star based on the incredible things he did in battle, and played himself. Why wasn't Murphy president rather than Reagan? Probably because he was too short, sadly enough).

Reagan didn't exactly dodge the draft, but he did pull strings to get a stateside Hollywood propaganda assignment. He scored better than John Wayne on that, who dodged entirely, but considering both built reputations and became role models based on things they never really did, and projected an image of masculinity they really didn't represent, they were major frauds, and they built a career on it. Reagan built it all the way into the White House.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:14 AM
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109. I didn't forget; just didn't feel like listing every one to make my point!
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:13 AM
Response to Reply #74
108. Defending RR to any extent is not my value. SORRY.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #67
76. The point that was made above is that he was a draft dodger - not a comparison of service
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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:54 PM
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81. As I understand, he didn't, strictly speaking, dodge the draft.
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 03:56 PM by caseymoz
He just pulled strings afterward to keep himself stateside, in Hollywood and safely away from combat. Just the opposite of the values he claimed to represent. He and John Wayne were the original chickenhawks, whose values Repubs would grow up imitating.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 05:14 PM
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85. The official story is that his eyesight was compromised and that's all I actually know
Belief and knowledge are two different things.

Btw, the speculation about the intention of my response is incorrect.

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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 05:40 PM
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87. Actually, I did get it from a reliable source, which is why I believe it.
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 05:41 PM by caseymoz
I have since forgotten the source, I'm afraid, but the conclusion I drew from it remains, and no, I'm not going to track it down. This is a casual conversation, I don't have time. Facts about Reagan's war service, beyond Wikipedia, are easy to find.

And BTW, I didn't speculate about your intention. Check my message again, I didn't, anywhere. In that light, your strictness about facts seems just a little irregular on this subject. Just sayin, we're all human.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 06:06 PM
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88. I understand if you've forgotten your source. Like you say, we're all human
But then I don't feel compelled to accept your conclusion.

As to someone being incorrect about my intentions, I didn't say it was you. In fact, it wasn't. Sorry that it sounded that way since it wasn't my intention.

But to your assertion that my "strictness about facts seems just a little irregular on this subject" - Sounds like you're willing play fast and loose with accuracy. All the more reason not to accept your conclusion on this matter.
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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:20 PM
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92. That's okay with me, but look into it just a little more.

As for fast and lose with the facts, you were sloppy with what you said, leading to a wrong conclusion.

Now, I'm sorry about the conclusion, and the mistrust.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:50 PM
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97. I came to the right conclusion - because according to my research he wasn't a draft dodger
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 07:51 PM by eleny
And you haven't proved otherwise. I did search and search but found nothing to support what you believe about this issue.

Btw, it's all kind of funny because when he enlisted in the reserves and served Reagan was a Dem. Not that it gives him a pass. Just a fun fact.

Nite! Time to make supper around here. Have a good week.
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caseymoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-11 04:58 PM
Response to Reply #97
120. You misunderstand, I'm sorry, I meant MY conclusion.

Following your sloppiness in telling me that you didn't do what I didn't say you did.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #85
110.  Not in WWII. EVERYBODY and his infirm brother, practically, was sent to war.
Edited on Mon Jan-17-11 10:15 AM by WinkyDink
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:36 PM
Response to Reply #67
94. James Stewart,
Clark Gable.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:55 PM
Response to Reply #55
82. Not really.....Does one deserve full credit for serving when one "managed" to not get sent overseas?
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 03:58 PM by BrklynLiberal
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 05:20 PM
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86. On the other hand, since he did serve, do you really think the term "draft dodger" is accurate?
He did enlist in the reserves and was then called up and ultimately served stateside. He served from 1937 to 1945. Unlike W, Reagan completed his service as required.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:16 AM
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111. In WWII, "served" did not mean "reviewed films for the fighting troops." CONTEXT is everything.
Edited on Mon Jan-17-11 10:16 AM by WinkyDink
Ask a WWII vet.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:17 PM
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115. The fact that he was in the military from about 1937 and was honorably discharged ....
.... makes the case that he was not a draft dodger. I've searched about this for some time and also read that his bad eyesight was known even when he was in college.

I'm open to reading anything you can find that contradicts this. I'm open to sources that we can all agree are reliable. Until then, I stand by my opinion that he didn't dodge a draft, joined the reserves in the latter part of the 1930s, showed up when he was called up and did what they wanted when his poor eyesight kept him from serving in the way that you say is legit.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:37 AM
Response to Reply #86
112. I think the term fits, yes.
Considering the context of WW2, what Reagan did was essentially draft-dodging. It may not be technically accurate, but it encapsulates the truth much better than, "he served during WW2".
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:17 PM
Response to Reply #112
117. Please see my reply #115 above
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:39 PM
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2. Wow. What an interesting
story. What an interesting connection between the brightly colored jelly beans and early Alzheimer's.

I recall the jelly beans, and thought the obsession with them was a bit odd, but then I have never particularly cared for jelly beans.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:42 PM
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4. Yeah...despite what some folks think around here...
I'm actually pretty perceptive at least when it comes to weird shit which comes into my office. It was one of my few real strengths in school compared with others: that for example, in Oral Medicine/Oral diagnosis Clinic I could figure out what underlying conditions someone had in addition to his or her oral complaint, which of course, was the point of the exercise.

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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:42 PM
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61. Did he attend functions in the evening, toward the end of his Presidency?
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 01:43 PM by BuelahWitch
The reason I ask is that people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia experience something called "sundowning." This means that those who may act normally during the day become more confused at the end of the day. It's caused by one or more of the following: fatigue, low lighting and/or increased shadows. More info here:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sundowning/HQ01463

I was not aware that my mother's memory loss was as serious as it was until my neighbors told me that she was leaving the house while I was working nights (in order to take her to any needed doctor or social service appointments during the day), and was often brought home by the police. She was fine with me during the day, and when I got home late at night. Right before she went into the nursing home I did she the change in her around that time of day. She would think that she had to "go home" and wanted to leave the apartment. I had to make up stories as to why she needed to stay there. I know that Reagan had many more people to watch and take care of him, but since this couldn't be predicted from day to day I wondered if anyone could remember if he cut back evening appearances as the years wore on.

Oops sorry, wrong place. Meant to reply directly under the OP.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 08:04 PM
Response to Reply #61
99. I'm under the impression that sundowning
is a rather late-stage behavior in Alzheimer's, and that by the time they're doing that it's obvious to the most casual observer that the person has Alzheimer's.
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quiller4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 11:06 PM
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103. Sundowning is not restricted to late-stage. There was a profound
difference in my mother-in-law's abilities day to evening when she was in the early and mid stages of this disease. By the time she was late-stage there was no discernible difference.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:00 AM
Response to Reply #103
105. Thank you.
I always appreciate when some bit of mis-information or mis-understanding that I have gets corrected.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:19 PM
Response to Reply #103
118. Thanks from me too
I believe this because it always used to occur in my mother while I was working in the evening. This is why I never saw it until much later.
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:56 PM
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53. Actually they were Jelly Bellys
and they are absolutely amazing, nothing like regular jelly beans. Each individual flavor tastes just like whatever food it is supposed to be imitating. It is very easy to get hooked on them.
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 11:41 PM
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104. +1 I'm not a fan of jelly beans, but Jelly Bellys rock.
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:10 PM
Response to Reply #2
65. That's it . . .
. . . I'm throwing my all jelly beans out.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:08 PM
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71. He used jelly to quit smoking.
Just sayin'.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 04:30 PM
Response to Reply #71
114. That was supposed to say "jelly beans".
(sigh)
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:42 PM
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3. That's interesting. He had it right from the beginning. Makes sense.

I bet his doctor knew. And so did BUSH!
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:02 PM
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8. Of course they knew....that's why he was picked. A good dummy for the puppet-masters.
Edited on Sat Jan-15-11 05:03 PM by bobbolink
Uh-oh....that sounds like conspiracy theory, so I must be certifiable.

:rofl:
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:40 AM
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35. Not by me. It's been clear for years, they don't allow candidates they can't control.
That's why McCain's had to give up his maverick ways.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:22 PM
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59. Its only clear to those of us who are willing to see behind the curtain.
For doing so, we are labeled "fringe", just like the shooter.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:03 AM
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36. yep - he was the original Puppet President. W was PuppetPresident2.0.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:20 PM
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57. I don't know if he was the original...he was the first really obvious one.
But even now, only a minority of us dare to speak it..... so we are basically out on a limb. We are vulnerable to the same criticisms leveled at the massacre shooter.... we are "fringe". So, see ya in the looney bin!
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 06:11 PM
Response to Reply #57
89. True dat - the first really obvious one.

Yep - to the loony bin with us!
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:35 PM
Response to Reply #36
75. ... make that LBJ ...
.... he knew what the hell went down in Dallas and from the next day, he didn't take a piss without permission. That's why he chose not to run in '68 ... I don't think his conscience could bear what Viet Nam & the Military Industrial Complex had become.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:53 PM
Response to Reply #75
79. LBJ and conscience. OK.
You forgot to tell us whose permission he had to ask.
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:39 PM
Response to Reply #8
95. Also proof that Daddy Bush (Mr Ex-CIA) was responsible for Iran/Contra
and the pursuit of Manuel Noriega, who started out as the CIA's best bud.

They say Bush was a one-term prez. Only officially!
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:45 PM
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5. Fascinating recollection
Thanks for sharing. Too bad your friend wasn't the White House doctor, then, or in 2001-2008. This might be a much different country... :( :hi:
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sweetapogee Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 06:29 PM
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90. I graduated in 1981
In 1981 I received my B.S. degree and for a while worked in a fairly large regional dept store in the men's dept. Right after the thing about the jelly beans came out the men's clothing buyer purchased um-teen thousands of t-shits with a picture of raygun on it that said "Warning: Jelly Beans cause Brain Damage".

We had a really good laugh unpacking them but the buyer was fired over it because the company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on the shirt. I don't remember anyone buying one. We were doing inventories of them like every hour and constantly moving them around and finally we were told to pack them up and send them back to "central". I was told that they couldn't even find a charity that was interested in them but I would guess that they would collectors items today. Just a little interesting story. At the time raygun was accused of stealing the idea from The Beatles, they called them Jelly Babies. To this day we call them jelly babies in memory of John Lennon.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 08:46 PM
Response to Reply #90
101. Wow. That is a pretty amazing story.
We tend to forget how popular Reagan was. But I probably would have bought one, LOL. And you are so right. They would be extremely popular today, at least among Democrats... and especially here on DU. ;)
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LuvNewcastle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:50 PM
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6. I remember that vacant look he used to have.
It was creepy as hell; looked like his soul had been swallowed and his face was just a mask. I hated Reagan for a very long time. I still think he was the worst President in history -- even worse than Dubya. Sometimes I think he might have been better if he'd had his faculties, but we'll never know.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:58 PM
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7. K&R #14 for, add in al those "cute" stories about how he endlessly re-told
Hollywood tidbits to visitors and how he recited great lines from movies.


And, to somebody's saying (above) that Poppy knew, how much better for Poppy, to have a figurehead up front while he could sneak thing into the agenda and claim he was out of the loop.
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newspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:05 PM
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9. if he did have Alzheimer's, then chances are
someone else was running the show. Now who could that be? Hmmmm. Couldn't have been "out of the loop" Poppy.
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lfairban Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 08:57 PM
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30. IIRC . . .
. . . it was Regan, Haige and Baker.

This is a good read:

http://www.amazon.com/LANDSLIDE-PA-Jane-Mayer/dp/0395517575
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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:20 PM
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49. Also Meese and Sununu
they all had mini-presidencies under Reagan.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:51 PM
Response to Reply #49
98. I like the term "mini-presidencies"
So accurate. :thumbsup:

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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 08:34 PM
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100. His Alzheimers was the reason the Iceland summit
was inexplicably cancelled. Gorbachev was a gentleman about it and didn't rat him out, but he knew (courtesy: ex-secret service guy). The insiders were all aware of it. It was speculated that the gunshot wound he suffered pushed him over the edge. :hi:
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 09:59 AM
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41. You got it.
Poppy was the Ramrod. Ronnie was just there for show.
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sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 04:13 PM
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84. Except HW was popping Halicon, so am not sure he was exactly in charge either...
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:06 PM
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10. I'm glad you repeated it...I missed it the first time.
But I'm not at all surprised!
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:13 PM
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11. You just made me wonder about George W. Bush
He sure had tightly controlled venues wherever he went. No questions to put him off his oft repeated messages. Constantly regurgitated soundbites.

I also remember how after every speech or comment Reagan made people would come out to tell us what he really meant.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:16 PM
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12. My only Reagan story is I broke the White House while he was in office.
Was on a tour and I leaned up against the wall due to boredom (I was a kid) and a piece of wainscoting broke off and fell on the floor. :)

No gold behind it.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:47 PM
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22. LOL!
Not many can lay claim to breaking the White House.

:)
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:39 PM
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26. OMG, LOL! I would have been embarrassed as hell!
:rofl:
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:45 PM
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27. Hehe. You didn't break it. You just gave it a little owie.
;-)
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:46 AM
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44. At least you didn't break the president
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 10:46 AM by Enthusiast
as in We're All Bozo's on this Bus by Firesign Theater.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:24 PM
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13. My Reagan story was three different wage and benefit cuts and
they still ended up closing the plant and moving operations to Mexico.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:46 AM
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39. Mine is something like that
Only it was a very long wage freeze and benefit cuts, then moving the plant to Mexico.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 08:32 AM
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40. My union bent over backwards to keep the plant open, but
if you listen to the cons in this area, they blame the union for a piss poor management decision.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:29 PM
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50. My RR story: When my mother was a 17-year-old waitress in a diner in
Des Moines, Iowa, she went on a few dates with a 26-year-old sportscaster they called "Dutch," who used to come into the place where she worked. My grandmother, who was very intelligent, used to tell me, "Ronnie was a nice boy, but I didn't want her to ever get serious with him, because he wasn't very smart." Grandma wanted smart grandchildren, so "Ronnie" wasn't her idea of a good prospect for her daughter.
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:52 PM
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52. What a great story
Glad your mother listened to her mother.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:04 PM
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56. So am I! nt
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:47 AM
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45. Your's too? nt
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:30 PM
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14. i think it was obvious, the mental deficiencies were part of his "charm".
most people find it adorable or endearing when someone isn't functioning at a full, healthy, adult level.
at least when it's not due to drugs or alcohol.

i find some of mini-unblock's speech adorable. it's partly because of what he says, but a lot of it is because he hasn't yet mastered adult sentence construction and proper enunciation. it's adorable, but i wouldn't want him as president, at least not yet : )

similarly, many seniors are adorable as they regress for one reason or another. reagan had this kind of charisma. the confidently-delivered but logically muddled responses, zig-zagging into comfortable, well-rehearsed speeches and talking point, is a characteristic coping mechanism many seniors have to compensate for everything from partial deafness to early alzheimers to short-term memory loss and so on.

and similarly, it can be very charming and endearing, but i wouldn't want it in a president.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:36 PM
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16. It also sanded off his harder edges
He was a mean bastard before he became our genial, befuddled grandpa.
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:41 PM
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20. Exactly. But the meanness still showed.
I saw it in every action he took. Mean bastard indeed.
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:31 PM
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15. I can see where that would have forged a friendship...
... though I'm sure you will be properly challenged about the dementia link, Reagan was propped up and said his lines to "B" movies which led him into his best role... that of a "B" president devoid of original thought and certainly intelligence to lead. I recall knowing it was all a big act from the beginning, and even at that point in my life, saw how that schmuck was used by hateful Republican party of greed.

I honestly NEVER looked back in my disgust for how low the presidency had become, based on that demented fuck.
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CLANG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:16 PM
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66. The only way Reagan was ever a "B" president
Is if the only choices are "A" and "B". :rofl:
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:25 PM
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102. LOL!
Good point!
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:39 PM
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17. i think it was obvious, the mental deficiencies were part of his "charm".
most people find it adorable or endearing when someone isn't functioning at a full, healthy, adult level.
at least when it's not due to drugs or alcohol.

i find some of mini-unblock's speech adorable. it's partly because of what he says, but a lot of it is because he hasn't yet mastered adult sentence construction and proper enunciation. it's adorable, but i wouldn't want him as president, at least not yet : )

similarly, many seniors are adorable as they regress for one reason or another. reagan had this kind of charisma. the confidently-delivered but logically muddled responses, zig-zagging into comfortable, well-rehearsed speeches and talking point, is a characteristic coping mechanism many seniors have to compensate for everything from partial deafness to early alzheimers to short-term memory loss and so on.

and similarly, it can be very charming and endearing, but i wouldn't want it in a president.
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:39 PM
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18. Yep. And his circular thinking too. That wasn't just deliberate ignorance on his
part - that was early dementia.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:07 AM
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106. Okay, I have to ask...what is this circular thinking people keep referring to?
Everyone here keeps posting that it is one of the early signs. Is it the same as circular logic or does it have different criteria?
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:40 PM
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19. Here is how that addled old fuck affected me
in just the first couple of months of his term:

The summer of 1980 I was pretty much a fuckup pothead layabout (NTTAWWT), but somehow my dad hooked me up with this job working for the Youth Conservation Corps at a local national seashore. It was probably the best summer of my life...I learned a lot, worked hard, met some friends who I still keep in contact with, and I was really looking forward to doing it the following summer and, who knows, maybe become a park ranger later in life.

Then ol' Zombie Ronnie cut the program in March of 1981 (along with a lot of other great programs).

Thanks, ASSHOLE!
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:43 PM
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21. Republican chickenhwawk phony bastids
The media made Reagan a deity and he was the sous chef for the shit sandwich we're eating today.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:07 AM
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37. "the sous chef for the shit sandwich we're eating today"
Just had to see that again.
Wow, you've got a way with words!
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:50 AM
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46. Accurate! Perceptive! Award winning post!
:patriot: :applause: :headbang: :fistbump: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hi:
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:07 PM
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23. I suspected it all along. I saw the same symptoms in my grandmother.
Remember Nancy's whispering words in his ear and his repeating what she said, word for word?

Then there was that debate when he was rambling down a highway in California..... until they cut him off.

I think Nancy ran things. She fired Don Regan, didn't she? She always seemed tough as nails and overly-protective of him. She had to be.
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LuckyLib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 06:34 PM
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91. You're absolutely on target. Nancy had way too much power, most visible
to the public when she stood behind him prompting him when he got lost on his 3 x 5 cards. She shielded him as he deteriorated, propping him up, letting the players step in when he got tired. Since he left office and later died, she has been behind major honors, namings, and a perpetuation of the worship of "Ronnie."
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:24 PM
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24. That is why the republicans love him so much
because they only use part of their brains
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:37 PM
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25. That's very eerie!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 07:57 PM
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28. my dad knew ronny when he lived in dixon...
after ron was shot my dad could tell he was slipping away....
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 09:06 PM
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32. my mom knew him in his days when married to Jane Wyman...
Edited on Sat Jan-15-11 09:06 PM by PCIntern
before my bro's dad died, he was BFF with Burgess Meredith and my mom was with him on a trip to NYC to see Meredith's Broadway debut. Ronnie was there and got so drunk that he bit Jane's nose until it bled. Great family story I heard for over 50 years...over and over and over again...
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 08:18 PM
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29. Well to be fair (though that's something they never are)
the jelly beans supposedly were what he used to quit smoking with. Instead of taking a cigarette he would eat a jelly bean and they got to be "cute" little schtick of his. :puke:
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 09:03 PM
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31. ...which means that it was an out and out lie...
they NEVER told the truth about anything...if they said it was to stop smoking, then that wasn't true.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:36 AM
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34. I'm sure it was nothing but a lie
not much else ever comes out of their mouths. x(
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 10:17 PM
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33. I'm a big fan of Ron Reagan (Jr.) - his dad's politics are fair game but
I hope we can be kind about his dad's mental illness. I am not in any way intending to criticize your OP--it's factual--but instead appealing to other DUers here who may react to it.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 05:19 AM
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38. I find Ron Reagan Jr rather refreshing.
The talking Heads are out in force trying to quash the section of his book about his dad's Alzheimer. The big meme tonight is how Ron Jr. is saying his dad had Alzheimer's simply to sell books.

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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:46 PM
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96. I tend to believe Ron Jr.
before I believe the Right Wing Noise Machine.
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MedicalAdmin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:37 PM
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69. About the mentally I'll - sure.
But the fact that he was whatever and didn't step down or those around him didn't step his ass down means that they were more interested in their own plunder than the country. And by that they disgraced the office of the president and the country.

So I'll excuse him for being ill, but I blame him and his retinue for everything else. I hope Reagan and Friedman are sharing the same BBQ spit in hell.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 10:37 AM
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43. Amazing story. K&R nt
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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 11:26 AM
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47. My tipoff was the "Well...." before everything he said. His responses were dull
and unenlightening. But the press fawned over everything he said. I thought it was a passing phase in politics. Little did I know that he was paving the way for Presiduncy.
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 11:41 AM
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48. K&R !
It is amazing the kind of leadership that the Republicans have foisted upon us.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:30 PM
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51. I still have a copy of a book that came out during his
presidency, entitled The Clothes Have No Emperor.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:21 PM
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58. "there you go again"
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felix_numinous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:40 PM
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60. For my mother it is flowers
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 01:50 PM by felix_numinous
because of her memory loss they are new to her over and over, every time she comes in the room and sees them she is surprised all over again. Also recently I was told if we give her jelly beans she will carry them around all day, they make her happy.

Here is Reagan testifying about Iran Contra, he is definitely struggling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0gXKwrxTbQ&feature=related
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newtothegame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:57 PM
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62. Is the timing of this story special?
:shrug:
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 07:29 PM
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93. Leadup to the media's February Reagasm Cenntenary
The 100th anniversary of his birth.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:01 PM
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63. makes for an easy puppet.
Altimeters and/or cocaine of course.
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Optimistic Donating Member (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:03 PM
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64. Obama Injected Reagan with Alzheimer's Disease
Everyone knows that Obama caused poor Ronny with this disease, If you look at the photo's of Dallas real close you can see it was Obama who shot JFK it was not Oswald, Obama wore an Oswald mask
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:36 PM
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68. I knew there was something wrong when he would make remarks...
that seemed to come from a Hollywood script., many of them inappropriate. The whole whole post Challenger thing was as mess of weird rhetoric, but there were times before that when he showed problems, and many times after that.

Initially I thought it was just because he was a poor actor doing what he had to to get through the scene. The thought that an individual with a progressive disease like that can be left in power is startling to say the least. I'm almost convinced that he had no real power, that others were making sure he didn't do anything that would set the earth on fire. Others though were of influence as well. Going into Grenada, as if it were just some trailer for a bad movie is an example. Thinking about how Grenada was somehow going to threaten the US has always baffled me, and I think Reagan just wanted to live in the WWII Era; in fact, when USS Missouri was reactivated at an amazing cost and of no real value, I had very serious doubts about his competency, (and, it reinforced my idea he was living in a different area).



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mackerel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:04 PM
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70. I always attributed his mind meanderings to the dye in the
jelly belly's. I've had my kids on the Feingold Diet for years and would never let them go to the Jelly Belly field trip with the rest of the class. The dyes in most foods can really alter your behaviour.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:26 PM
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72. While I'm worried about some of the things in food...
there are also many medications that can mess one up as well. I still wonder if was "on" anything at times. There were times when he was very lucid, then he'd drift away into some weird place. He spoke of the WWII years as if he were living them at the time, but his additions were exceptionally strange considering he only did Signal Corps info's and battle scenes items from Hollywood, but he'd tell stuff as if he were actually flying over across the Rhine deep into Germany in a bomber. The surreal thing is, he would talk about it as if he was in that moment in time.

Regardless of the cause, one person having the potential to ignite a global nuclear war is a very frightening notion...and not just here. Stalin was a noted alcoholic and if he went off on some bender I'm almost sure some people in the old USSR would be there to stop him. Since there are other countries where nukes can come from...it's still a scary world.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:12 AM
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107. "The thought that an individual with a progressive disease like that can be left in power..."
This has been bothering me for a very long time. Like, since high school, when the "Reagan has Alzheimer's" "revelation" was first publicly disclosed.
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:30 PM
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73. The Jelly Beans might've been medicine to keep him 'presidential'.
:evilfrown:
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trud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:42 PM
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77. oh, no - I like jellybeans, I'm doomed n/t
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:44 PM
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78. I diagnosed it early on, too. It was zero surprise when it was announced. nt
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:59 PM
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83. He was like a ventriloquist's dummy, with Nancy's hand up his butt.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 11:45 AM
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113. Too late to R but can still K.
This is some good stuff. Just goes to show you what a corrupt sham our nation has become since Reagan/AMA put out that loathsome recording in 1962 decrying "Soshulized Medisin!" Every easily fooled boomer and senior wouldn't listen to their more educated peers, jumped on his bandwagon and have beatified him ever since (while the country, their jobs and their comfortable retirement went straight down the shitter). It was really the White House of Corporate Interests starting in 1981, for good.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:17 PM
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116. Operation Coffee Cup...that's what it was called...
the docs' wives went door to door to ask people to call their Congressman to stop Medicare...
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:27 PM
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119. What's galling about the whole thing is this:
Reagan had to be one unfathomably stupid idiot if he expected an average citizen to be able to cough up 10 to 200 thousand dollars needed for life-saving medical treatment/surgery. How did they all think any working stiff would ever be able to pull that off?

Oh, wait, I forgot. It's not a matter of "don't know", but a matter of "don't give two bags o' monkey crap". "Everyone dies SOMEtime. What, is everyone just supposed to live ferEVer?"
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-11 05:06 PM
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121. they don't give a shit about you or me or
our respective families...

Once you're too old to make them money, they throw you and me away...I recall my Dad used to say: there isn't anything worse in America than being a 'former' anything.
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