Posted on 06/10/2004 1:42:56 AM PDT by kattracks
Thanks for the Reagan quote :+)
In 1936 Roosevelt wanted to nationalize everything in site, Henry Wallace wanted to emulate the "successful" soviet policy of moving farmers to state run co-operatives, and the federal plan to introduce Fascism to the US - The National Recovery Act - had just been declared unconstitutional.
I'm not a huge Al Smith fan, but he was dead right about Roosevelt...
Which do we want. Do we want them only to find good things to say or do we want them to take the gloves off at a very sensitive time?
Was watching Hannity and Colmes the other night when Rall was on. Colmes was even chastizing this cad for not giving President Reagan at least some respect during this time of mourning. Colmes was saying Rall was giving good liberals a black eye by his comments. Meanwhile "Annie" is basically saying they are frauds for behaving like civilized people.
I appreciate the courtesy of the liberals as long as they don't lie about their past behavior. Aceptable comments would be something like "we didn't agree and had some pretty heated comments about his policies, but he was always willing to try to work with Congress."
Unacceptable comments (to me) are things like "Reagan was the last President who could work in a bi-partisan atmosphere, because he didn't let politics poison the atmosphere."
Maybe I am not making myself plain here, but there is a difference between the two comments.
March Hare Right-Winger: "The March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad -- at least not so mad as it was in March."
p.s. Michael was an adopted child. He says he was the luckiest boy in the world. Patty and Ronnie were like so many of us growing up then -- duped. Patty was at Nancy's side, but I didn't see Ronnie. He may be gay, which means angry, so that would tend to indicate he's involved in the militant homosexualization of America.
In their newly discovered love and respect for Ronald Reagan, the democrats are displaying the sincerity of a mafia family that is paying their respects at the funeral of a guy that they just whacked.
As I said, I don't mind that they say something nice about President Reagan. I do mind when they lie about their own past actions.
For those of us old enough to remember the Cold War, this was big. Ronald Reagan definitely had testicular fortitude.
They did.
But Patti has recently come to her senses & has written wonderful things about her father.
Ron Jr., however, is another story.
And everyone has to admit, Reagan did have charm, and he used it to disarm, the Soviets, his critics, and those who were even on his side to give him more. There is no fault in that. There is also no fault in pointing out the potentials for failure. Much of what Reagan advocated was beyond conventional wisdom. How much of what he accomplished was because of his rhetoric or because of circumstances falling into place of a combination of both will be debated forever. It still does not diminish the man and what was accomplised on his watch.
Those on the right need to put their swords down just as (most) of those on the left have during this unique time.
My guess is that dear sweet Ann will have comments similar to Ted Rall when a notable liberal dies.
Bump.
did I hear the networks last night calling Ron Reagan Jr. "Ron Prescott"?
Last night during the placing of the President in the Capital Rotonda(SP?) Tom Blowhard allowed himself to take a cheap shot at Reagan saying while he was a President that was a popular man he sure didn't help the cause of the minorities.
Freaking Commie SOB, had I been present I'd have kicked his sorry ass right there on national TV. For God's sake the man is dead, they are placing him in state for the People to morn and this ASSHOLE takes the opportunity to
smear the man.
Grow up Tommy you worthless pile of crap!
I think all those who refer to him as "a great communicator" are implying that. He was certainly much greater than "a communicator".
bttt
He also called the ceremony a "spectacle". Something to the effect of "the last time we witnessed this spectacle was in 1974". That's not an exact quote, but the use of "spectacle" is what shocked me.
That answers the question, Why do they [liberals, Democrats] hate us [Reagan, Bush, conservatives, America]?
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