The Rehabilitation of Ronald Reagan

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I just hope we don't find ourselves saying "compared to ___, G. W. Bush was quite the thoughtful leader," someday.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

"Reagan alone succeeded in liberating people from tyranny without going to war, and he did so through conversation and dialogue."

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― jw (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

discuss: Russia under Putin more tyrannical than Gorbachev's USSR

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

"Reagan alone succeeded in liberating people from tyranny without going to war, and he did so through conversation and dialogue."

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― jw (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

discuss: Russia under Putin more tyrannical than Gorbachev's USSR

Unclear but its clear that the pendulum is swinging back but with the control being less overt.

― jw (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

George Will's column this Sunday reviewed the book; he also warned mordern conservatives that there's nothing particularly Reaganite about their behavior (wishful thinking, George).

Didn't the Reagan rehab start with the publication of his radio addresses and speeches a few years ago?

Unclear but its clear that the pendulum is swinging back but with the control being less overt.

Actually, a recent New Yorker article argues that Putin ain't hidin' anything.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

what remained was possibly the most difficult part of all - the invasion of the mainland.

A carefully constructed myth.

http://www.counterpunch.org/mickey08042004.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

BOXCAR

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually, a recent New Yorker article argues that Putin ain't hidin' anything.

I read the New Yorker too.

― jw (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I already posted my thoughts on Truman on The Real ILE a few days ago, but I'll say again: every post-FDR president has been repellent or worse, beholden to the National Security Act.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

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