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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:23 PM Original message |
Does anybody under 30 remember Raygun? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm 26 and I remember Reagun as a person |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm 67 and all I can remember is how bad he fucked everything up |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So what was Grover Cleveland like? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. No but I can remember as a kid in Tennessee |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. lol |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Aparently he was an old lech... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I'm just a few years younger than you and I have the same memories. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. damn, I forgot for a second I'm over 30 |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm 28 |
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ShenandoahAspen (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. He was shot 12 days after I was born. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I turned 25 two weeks ago, and I don't remember Reagan at all. I remember hearing the name |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You're a year older than my youngest brother |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. It seems they have been convinced that raygun was some kind of |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. "Seems?" No, it's an article of faith. You MUST believe Reagan was a "great President." |
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Razoor (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Im 28 and I slightly remember him |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm not under 30 but I am 32 and I remember Reagan but only vague interpretations as a child |
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dascientist (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm over 30, sorry, I do however remember the "We Need The Ray Gun" skits |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:40 PM Original message |
my first political memory was seeing Nixon resign, gawd i'm old. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nope...not really |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm 28 and I don't really have any memories of Reagan |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. that's okay because The Reagan the republicans talk about didn't really exist. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm 25 and I remember very little of Reagan's presidency (Oliver North) |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am 19 and I kinda remember Clinton but mostly Bush. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. if you had remembered Reagan, |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. i remember him in that i knew he was a person at the time |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. I remember Raygun but I'm the same age as Barack |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm 29, and I don't remember much about him. |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. After four years here...my 1000th post! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Congrats!! |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Thanks most amusing buddy! n/t |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. I just turned 40 and all I remember is Iran Contra... |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm 23 and only remember Reagan being that old guy who suffered from Alzheimer's |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was a freshman in h.s. when reagan was elected and all I can |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm 27 and have no specific memories of Reagan |
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nico818 (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nope...I'm 24 and don't remember jack shit. n/t |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. i'm 33 and remember reagan's reelection in 1984 |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. Challenger |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm 38. |
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AbbeyRoad (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was 5 when Reagan was shot and I remember hearing the news |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. I try to forget him...I did meet JFK when I was young. |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm 27 and just remember my mother telling me he was an awful man. I trusted that |
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Renegade08 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. His reputation needs to be deflated. He is one of the worst presidents of all time. |
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chiefofclarinet (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm a bit younger than you |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm kind of surprised |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm almost 50 so I remember him as Pres. Don't remember him as Gov of California. can't imagine that |
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nugzie (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm 26... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
45. And that's why God allowed people to invent history books, PBS, the History Channel and |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'm 28 and remember him. |
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gingersnaps1 (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. I am 29 and I remember how poor neighborhoods in New York suffered under Reaganonimics. Whenever I |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm 28, I remember he fell off a horse, got shot and lost his mind. |
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eshfemme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. No. The first time I ever heard of him was through this photo that the high school Republicans club |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm well over 30, and I have no idea what you're talking about. nt |
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