Reagan Democrats aren't fond of gays, minorities, or the poor.

[anonymous171]

Just sayin'.

[DarienComp]

1. I thought we WERE the Reagan Democrats.

Doesn't Obama, like, totally love Reagan?

:sarcasm:

edited to add the sarcasm tag.

[EFerrari]

3. Um, no, like totally, no. n/t

[Hieronymus]

4. Odd, you have Obama's picture as your avatar.

[DarienComp]

8. I was joking.

should've used the sarcasm tag. sorry.

:hi:

[CreekDog]

13. it's a shame that you need that tag

because even the most ridiculous posts around here are frequently intended without irony! :eyes:

[DarienComp]

15. Yep.

DUers are now quite used to reading laughable bullshit that was posted in earnest.

[bluestateguy]

2. That's why they became Republicans

"Reagan Democrats". That's so 1980's.

[EFerrari]

5. You forgot, Reagan "Democrats" didn't like unions or democracy

in Latin America, either.

They LOVED them their Pentagon, though.

USA! :woohoo:

[4themind]

6. What I'm wondering is

what kind of governance will need to be conducted to keep them in the fold? Even more DLC triangulation on issues important to many progressives?

[maddiejoan]

7. The Reagan Democrats

were the yuppies

[lcdtelevision]

9. That's some generalization

Did you poll "Reagan Democrats"?

[anonymous171]

11. Those are some of the issues that caused their split from the democrats.

I'm describing the general "Reagan Democrat" shift.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. But, they are fond of God, guns, and Republicans..and "white, working class, 'murkins".

[iamthebandfanman]

12. nor are they democrats

they just forgot to change partys when he did.

[SoCalDem]

14. "reagan Democrats" are republicans

The PARENTS of reagan democrats were FDR democrats, and their children may have been "raised" in a democratic family, but when Reagan ushered in the ME/MINE generation of politics, those "children of democrats" threw off the WE/US democratic ties... They always WERE republicans, just not yet by name..

The midwest/dustbowl/rustbelt states were democrats for decades because of FDR...but by the time reagan came along, they were old and many were no longer even alive..their progeny turned those blue states red...

[Exilednight]

18. The irony lies in the fact that Bill Clinton played up the "ME" part of the "ME Generation" in .....

order to win both his terms.

[SoCalDem]

20. BC "could" have been a republican just as easily as a democrat

He's a "figurer" and whichever way is best for him to get what he wants.,..that's HIS way..

he came along after the republicans had taken a hard-right, so natually democrats were a better fit, but as soon as he needed to turn right to get anything done, he went along with the program..

his fiscal policies are really in line with what the republican party USED to be...it was only after the looney religionists took over that everything changed for republicans..

BC is a democrat in the same way that Lincoln Chaffee is a republican

[LiberalArkie]

22. Thats why when Huckabilly took over the Governorship, no one noticed anything different

Billy was cut in the mold of the good Southern Conservative Democrats. It is now coming out.

[w13rd0]

19. Thank you...

....I was just about to post something of this nature.

[Historic NY]

21. Exactly and Raygun is dead, hence they no longer exist.

[Catherina]

16. No kidding. n/t

[Forkboy]

17. Just losers who share our ideals only when it's safe and convenient to do so.