2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFound at Twitter...Remembering Reagan.
Not so fondly.
I remember Reagan, a polite assessment
Ratty
(2,100 posts)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.
We should pay attention to their actions, not so much looks and personality.
LeftInTX
(25,376 posts)I picture him being just as his kids described him - mean
progressoid
(49,991 posts)It always seemed like he was putting on a show.
A badly acted show.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)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)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...
WillyT
(72,631 posts)easychoice
(1,043 posts)G.H.W.B. & Co. played that worthless fuck like a cheap piano.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)There's not enough of that today.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)REAGAN couldn't even remember Reagan!
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Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)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)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.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)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)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.