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Post by discoberry on Jul 20, 2011 13:44:07 GMT -5
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Post by RavynousHunter on Jul 20, 2011 14:31:47 GMT -5
Ha ha haaaaaaaaa! I believe I speak for everyone here when I speak the following word:
SERVED!
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Post by Yla on Jul 20, 2011 14:36:06 GMT -5
BURN!
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Post by terri on Jul 20, 2011 19:57:56 GMT -5
Rev. Al has found his calling; may he continue on MSNBC. Though I miss the Young Turks guy (well, he still has TYT).
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 20, 2011 21:45:01 GMT -5
You know, the guy was right. If we had a Reagan-esque President, he'd actually have the balls to raise taxes.
And wouldn't take any of this Tea PArty bullshit. Granted, he'd probably start a new cold war, but....
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Post by Mira on Jul 20, 2011 23:36:23 GMT -5
If we're gonna have a GOP-esque president, I'll go for a Nixon.
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Post by sylvana on Jul 21, 2011 4:21:46 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance but what exactly made Regan so great.
I am constantly given the impression that the republicans and especially the tea party seem to venerate Ronald Regan. However, the quote shown seems to imply he was far more left leaning than any republican right now. So I am confused.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Jul 21, 2011 4:31:05 GMT -5
What the Tea Party and the more intellectually deficient Republicans venerate is not Reagan, the man, but the Myth. Basically, the myth that he was this Super-President that got everything done and never had any problems from the "Evil Lefties" and would've supported the Tea Party and their political suicide ideals.
Ronald Reagan would've likely given them a curious glance, then laughed at them for being complete, hopeless morons.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 21, 2011 6:56:20 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance but what exactly made Regan so great. I am constantly given the impression that the republicans and especially the tea party seem to venerate Ronald Regan. However, the quote shown seems to imply he was far more left leaning than any republican right now. So I am confused. The false notion that he & his administration were the primarily cause of the USSR's collapse, as well as Reaganomics, which included slashing taxes for the rich (which is what most tea party members really mean when they talk about "freedom"). |
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 21, 2011 7:14:17 GMT -5
If we're gonna have a GOP-esque president, I'll go for a Nixon. I said something similar to a friend on the phone a couple days ago when discussing Reagan. Forgive my ignorance but what exactly made Regan so great. I am constantly given the impression that the republicans and especially the tea party seem to venerate Ronald Regan. However, the quote shown seems to imply he was far more left leaning than any republican right now. So I am confused. He ended the Cold War, broke up the USSR, tore down the Berlin Wall single handed, cut taxes, walked on water, and healed the sick. |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jul 21, 2011 7:21:32 GMT -5
Reagan apparently could have sneezed and the USSR would have broken up according to some Republicans.
Edited cause I forgot some thingies.
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Post by sylvana on Jul 21, 2011 7:42:09 GMT -5
So the republicans think that Reagan is some kind of almighty communist killer, and as we all know communists represent all that is evil so that made him some kind of demi-god. (My history might be a bit sketchy but if I remember correctly the USSR collapsed entirely by itself because of extreme economic problems and rampant internal corruption.)
I see. So they basically like him for the same reason why the worship their other god Bush.
I should be disappointed, but I must never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 21, 2011 7:47:29 GMT -5
He ended the Cold War, broke up the USSR, tore down the Berlin Wall single handed, cut taxes, walked on water, and healed the sick. You're forgetting about the time he defeated Hulk Hogan in the ring after Hogan's 4 year reign as WWF champion, then went on to direct Titanic, which set a new record for box-office success (a record he himself broke over a decade later, when he directed Avatar posthumously). |
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 21, 2011 9:24:18 GMT -5
He ended the Cold War, broke up the USSR, tore down the Berlin Wall single handed, cut taxes, walked on water, and healed the sick. You're forgetting about the time he defeated Hulk Hogan in the ring after Hogan's 4 year reign as WWF champion, then went on to direct Titanic, which set a new record for box-office success (a record he himself broke over a decade later, when he directed Avatar posthumously). Didn't he also pen "smells Like Teen Spirit" and set a new direction in rock music? |
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Post by tgrwulf on Jul 21, 2011 19:40:33 GMT -5
I love how the congressman was kind of stuttering near the end as if he was thinking "Oh shit he's right! And he proved it on NATIONAL TV!".
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