Much is being written on both sides of the fence right now about Reagan's legacy. I remember it as a divisive legacy that helped foster the culture-war mentality of the right, worked tirelessly to crush unions and the middle class, promoted corporate welfare over welfare for the poor, built huge national debt, aided and abetted right-wing terrorist death squads which killed men, women, children and even nuns in the name of democracy, made ketchup a vegetable and brought covert religious agendas into the heart of Washington.
Pretty much shit for a legacy, I think. The only good thing to come out of the Reagan years was the upsurge of underground art and literature and music that I've always felt was a reaction to the conservative blanket Reagan tried to throw over the country.
So long, Ron. You're not missed.
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"A man who has orange hair. A man who is not all there, he's my President Reagan."
Seemed awful at the time but a heck of a better President than GW. I know that's not saying much.
WoW!
The best summary of the Reagan years I have ever read! Well done!
This is really good post and very well dedication to him. People loved him so much.
Reagan single-handedly squashed the evil USSR. And after living with that threat for 50 years, all I can say is it was darned well worth it, whatever the cost. Because we're still here.. And they are NOT. His "tax cuts for the rich" directly created over 40 million new jobs (not the "can I super-size that for you, sir" kind of 'jobs' that is typical for the idiotic liberals-- they still don't get it). Best president America ever had.
Yes sir-ree... Any president that can piss off 30 million taxpayer-sponging, worthless, criminal-minded racists cretins with a 'get out of jail free' card to play is good enough for me. Yes!! We need more like him. Twice as bad as we did then. And twice as hard on the slime that didn’t like him....
And we'll get one in the end, too. And it'll all be the fault of you sorry libs. When that pendulum swings back the other way... Well, all I can say is, if you're a bleeding heart, you'd better make your reservations on that cattle-car right now. For the spots nearest to the ice cycle-covered windows, that is... I mean, you might get thirsty on that long journey to the Yukon (or wherever they chose to send you where the sun don't shine and the martyr’s bugle don't play).
WoW!
Go ahead and write crap, but then be anonymous....
So, Anonymous, I'm trying to wrap my head around your version of America. It's one where people with different opinions are sent to gulags in the Yukon? Sounds like you're a closet Stalinist trying to pull a fast one here. Pretty good, man, but not good enough. Say hi to Lenin's mummified corpse for me next time you're weeping over it. You made my day!
Let's Find H-Man A Wife, who did that song? I have been wondering for years!
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