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Found at Twitter...Remembering Reagan. (Original Post) madfloridian Feb 2013 OP
This is why I hate hate hate when people criticize a candidate Ratty Feb 2013 #1
Agree. madfloridian Feb 2013 #16
I never found him likeable LeftInTX Feb 2013 #2
Me either. progressoid Feb 2013 #3
Doesn't even mention the massive debt and the savings & loan debacle. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #4
That's true. Hi Hissyspit. madfloridian Feb 2013 #5
Don't forget that ketchup is a vegetable (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #7
I remember when we teachers were laughing about that. madfloridian Feb 2013 #8
Yet for all that... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #6
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #9
He was a total sham easychoice Feb 2013 #10
Carlin never spared words. Called things as they are. madfloridian Feb 2013 #15
Huh? rocktivity Feb 2013 #11
Alzheimer's disease Roy Rolling Feb 2013 #12
Don't forget the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut kairos12 Feb 2013 #13
I will never ever forget seeing him on TV when he fired the air traffic controllers. madfloridian Feb 2013 #14
this is one of those great cartoons that are educational BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #17
I agree with that. It says so much. madfloridian Feb 2013 #18

Ratty

(2,100 posts)
1. This is why I hate hate hate when people criticize a candidate
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 09:07 PM
Feb 2013

As being unpersonable, unlikeable, or a "robot." Democrats do it as often as Republicans. I usually bite my tongue but I think I'll post your cartoon without comment next time I come across a comment like that.

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
8. I remember when we teachers were laughing about that.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:22 PM
Feb 2013

We joked about it to the lunchroom manager, but she did not find it funny. Made life easier for her as she often took the easy way out making meals balanced.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
6. Yet for all that...
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:19 PM
Feb 2013

and I'm not arguing over one syllable of it, Reagan is a prince compared to the GOP 30 years down the road.

THAT'S how bad it gotten...

Roy Rolling

(6,917 posts)
12. Alzheimer's disease
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:36 PM
Feb 2013

Reagan suffered from increasing dementia from Alzheimer's disease. He was the perfect Manchurian president to carry out the wishes of American plutocrats without questioning their motives.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)
13. Don't forget the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:45 PM
Feb 2013

The destruction of the Air Traffic Controllers Union set the pattern for the next 30 years of Union Busting.

Also, his wife directed his travel schedule by Astrological sign.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
17. this is one of those great cartoons that are educational
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 06:01 PM
Feb 2013

I wasn't paying much attention to politics so I've got some big information gaps here.

That's why I love good editorial toons.

Let's not forget how he actively blocked help or even awareness on aids.
And how he invited the monsters christianevangelicalrightwingconservativefascistextremistactivistfundies to the political table.

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
18. I agree with that. It says so much.
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 06:07 PM
Feb 2013

My family are/were mostly Republicans, and they adored Reagan. He could do no harm.

That's when they started becoming anti-union and even questioned that I belonged to my teachers' union. They had never been that way before PATCO. Reagan did a job on unions then.

There's so much more that could go in the cartoon if there were additional frames.

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