Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan - our last real President.

[Soul Crusher]

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Since Ronald Reagan left office—and particularly after his death—his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator.
This carefully calibrated image is complete fiction, argues award-winning journalist William Kleinknecht. The Reagan presidency was epoch shattering, but not—as his propagandists would have it—because it invigorated private enterprise or made America feel strong again. His real legacy was the dismantling of an eight-decade period of reform in which working people were given an unprecedented sway over our politics, our economy, and our culture. Reagan halted this almost overnight.
In the tradition of Thomas Frank’s What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Kleinknecht explores middle America—starting with Reagan’s hometown of Dixon, Illinois—and shows that as the Reagan legend grows, his true legacy continues to decimate middle America.

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Talk to anyone with a clue, the 80's under Reagan were far better than most other periods. 

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[Purge_WTF]

  I never really understood how he got to be the icon of Conservatism. He was an oligarch and a corporate puppet.

 

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heres a great one

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Talk to most people who lived during his term and they will tell you. 

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After the disaster that was carter, reagan saved the day w volker.  Of course to far leftists and libs like mal carter is their hero and model for a potus.  No wonder they love obama.

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I used to regard 333 as a bit paranoid when it came to Obama. Now I am in total agreement with him that Obama is trying to collapse America on purpose.

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Did the last wikileaks cable that obama is trying to sell UK nuke secrets to Russia put you over the line? 

Lol.  When I read that I thought it was April 1st, but realized this is obama, so its par for the course.

As for Reagan, leftist goons hate him because he called the communists what they are - evil. 

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Talk to most people who lived during his term and they will tell you. 

I do.. and it wasnt good for black people

[Soul Crusher]

Ha ha ha - as if that's reagans fault. 

Like they are doing better now under this present pofs?  Ha ha ha.

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Ha ha ha - as if that's reagans fault. 

Like they are doing better now under this present pofs?  Ha ha ha.

Dude you know nothing of the feelings of blacks towards Regan.. just leave that out of your argument.. your way of thinking wouldnt allow you to undertand

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I don't give a rats ass what blacks think about reagan.

Same excuses and bullshit - different decade. 

 

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I don't give a rats ass what blacks think about reagan.

Same excuses and bullshit - different decade. 

 

exactly

[Soul Crusher]

Reagan will go down rightfully as one of the leading figures who helped topple soviet communism.

I guess that's why you hate him. 

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I do.. and it wasnt good for black people

Im pretty sure black people as a whole did better under Regan than they previously did.

[MM2K]

heres a great one

The creator of that cartoon needs to take a course in accounting. There are two sides to a ledger.

[George Whorewell]

 Blacks hate Reagan. Therefore, as we now know, he clearly must have been doing something positive for America during his tenure in office.

Blacks love Obama. Usually any politician with the overwhleming support of the black community is by and large a parasitic scumbag that is destructive to this country.

My personal favorite Reagan move to improve relations with the black community was his decision to send the national guard to restore order at UC Berkley after the black panthers and other affiliated hippie scum began rioting. A proud moment of hope and change. 1000000x more of an impressive acomplishment than Adolf Obongo's two year reign of terror so far and this was before he even became prez.

[George Whorewell]

Im pretty sure black people as a whole did better under Regan than they previously did.

Forcing black people to stop using drugs and get jobs amounts to an extremely racist policy. Blacks should be able to do whatever they want with no consequences and should be supported by the American tax payer without holding a job of any kind.

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heres a great one

Again? Really? I'm not going to bother to post the real numbers yet again

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 Joint Center for Political Studies estimated the black middle class grew by one-third from1980 to 1988, from 3.6 million to 4.8 million. In addition, black employment from 1982 to 1987 grew twice as fast (up 24.9 percent) as white employment. Real black median family income rose 12.7 percent from 1981 to 1987, 46 percent faster than whites


so who is wanting to evaluate him on race issues???

[Kazan]

Joint Center for Political Studies estimated the black middle class grew by one-third from1980 to 1988, from 3.6 million to 4.8 million. In addition, black employment from 1982 to 1987 grew twice as fast (up 24.9 percent) as white employment. Real black median family income rose 12.7 percent from 1981 to 1987, 46 percent faster than whites


so who is wanting to evaluate him on race issues???

It's always a bad time for black people didn't you get the memo. Its never their fault either, it the man keeping them down