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In reply to the discussion: ronald reagan. The "legacy" (from the depths of HELL). [View all]calimary
(81,350 posts)Glad you're here! Corrosive is a great word to describe it, and him. Yeah, remember that - what was it? What he called the handful of "most dangerous words in the English language": "I'm from the federal government and I'm here to help." Now what the hell kind of thing is THAT to say? I wonder what hurricane and tornado and brushfire and mudslide and flood victims would say? I wonder what people whose bridge just collapsed would say?
What a vile meme he started! No wonder the corporatists of the world worshipped him, and why so many of the brainless knuckledraggers and knee-jerkers still speak of him in hushed tones.
Remember his "kitchen cabinet"? That's the name that the press gave to his tight little secretive cabal of off-the-books advisors. They weren't in the regular Cabinet or on the staff of White House advisors. They flew COMPLETELY under the radar. They were a group of ultra-wealthy businessmen and industrialists, mainly SoCal-based. There were people like car dealer holmes tuttle, william french smith who later served as Attorney General, and justin dart. That damnable schmuck justin dart was quoted as saying we should just keep about 100 acres of trees - "for the kids."