Somebody please tell me that there were reactions similar to these when Raygun died.

[raccoon]

Not on the MSM, of course. But maybe somewhere, in RL......

[el_bryanto]

1. Yes. yes there were. nt

[NightWatcher]

2. I'm just hoping I can still Electric Boogaloo when certain people from the last admin

shuffle off this mortal coil.

[Katashi_itto]

3. Yep. And also everytime a Republican snuffs it... somewhere, an Angel get his wings....

[redqueen]

4. I think the blowback against Reagan hate here was more severe.

IIRC there was less tolerance of the grave dancing for that event.

It could be faulty perception but I think this might be the first time I've seen 'gravedancing good' outweighing 'gravedancing bad' here.

[Warpy]

11. I think it had to do more with Reagan's family

than with the good manners of posters.

Not all Reagan's kids were assholes. That made a difference for me, so I held off until he'd been flown all over the country for a week and was finally planted. Then I let fly.

[HereSince1628]

5. I've got to go back into the archives...my memory is that DU wasn't so vitriolic

but memory often isn't at all like the historical record.

[graham4anything]

6. Wait til you see the canonized Sainthood coronation that 41 gets whenever he goes.

The world will stop in its tracks for 10 days.

I for one hope its long after Nov. 2016, so Poppy can see Jeb get his ass kicked by Hillary and the complete undoing of everything Poppy lived for. I want him to see it.

As for Ronnie-wasn't it an amazing coincidence that both Ronnie and Margaret got the same disease, yet lasted for decades, all without having to answer to anything.
People in my circle who had relatives that died of that went quickly.

Not saying anything, as I don't believe in conspiracy theories these days, but it is coincidence isn't it?

[Downwinder]

7. Didn't notice. Would have interrupted the dancing.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Are you kidding? When Reagan died, it was more like the death of Jeebus.

It was a media circus. Almost as nuts as the Ayatollah.

Remember this?




I cringe at the horrible reactions here at DU, but the reactions to Reagan (positive) were equally insane.

[HereSince1628]

9. Thread started on the day of his death before he died

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x603890

[HereSince1628]

10. DU thread on Dennis Kucinich comments re Reagan's death

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1730161