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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:05 PM Original message |
Did both Reagan and the Pope truly "defeat communism" as they are saying? |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gorbechev did by never sending tanks into the streets |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I never heard the claim about the pope until yesterday. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Of course not. |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Tell that to the Poles |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Nope, there wasn't anything |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. My brother's former fiance & her family |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Well, they were wrong |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. True Communism has never existed, nor should it be attempted. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Wrong on both counts. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. In that case, of course, neither Reagan nor the Pope |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. The "breakup of the Soviet Union |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm game for using that terminology, |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Communism's workability has nothing to do with this. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. If implementing communism was the goal of those parties |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I didnt say that communism never existed. |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I never stated anything that you are implying |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I dont know what on earth you are referring to. |
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Feathered Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who's your avatar? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Donatella Versace |
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Feathered Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. oh |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Demographics undid the USSR. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, communism defeated itself |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Soviet style "socialism" defeated itself |
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meti57b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thought the FSU was responsible for its own demise, just like we will be |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gorby helped a lot |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. I give Gorby alot of credit. |
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Bullshot (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Reagan gets far too much credit for the fall of the communist bloc. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. When Poland Asked for Help |
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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. C'mon..give Reagan some credit |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Communism collapsed for very complex |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. you are correct |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. As usual, reality is a little more complex than the Fox News version.... |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, two generations of Americans |
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SoKalKyle (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reagan and The Wall |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Gipper brought the Commies to their knees single-handed: all |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. US policy of containment from Geo Kennan on did. Dems/Reps |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. It sure didn't look like it at the time |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Thank You... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. Of course not. Reagan had absolutely NOTHING to do with USSR's |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wheat blight. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. John Paul II and Lech Walesa brought Communism to an end in Poland. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think the Pope played a much larger role than Reagan frankly |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. didn't one of them do that after they cured cancer? |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. The American taxpayer and those Americans who died in the Cold War |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Pope did more to end |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. no |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. What's Cuba? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Seems every time someone well known dies, they ended communism. |
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Jesus Saves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. Rock and Roll defeated communism |
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