Reply #3: You are SOOO wrong about Reagan!!! [View All]

[Maddy McCall]

Thank Reagan for the regression in women's status. He is the asshole who made folks like Rush and Schlafly possible. He is the asshole who stole the populist rhetoric from us. He is the asshole responsible for Iran Contra, for telling people one thing while doing another.

He is the godfather of Bush II--if you smile right and use clever, populist rhetoric, you can get away with murder.

The principles Reagan "taught" the Republican party they could stand for were what hurts us so today.

And let's not forget that most historians hate him; the most authoritive book on the REagan administraiton is "Sleepwalking through History." The author credits Reagan with putting the American public to sleep, with causing Americans to become more apathetic about their government's functions.

Reagan told women to go back to the kitchen, and to hand the control of their fertility over to men in government. Reagan campaigned on slogans, not substance, and if he had not been so successful with dumbing down the American public, there would be no george w bush today.

You need to either read up on history or rethink your assertion.

If you are saying that Dean is Reagan's equivalent in empty rhetoric, then I might agree, however.