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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:24 PM Original message |
Did "Reagen Democrats" really exist? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I'm afraid they did. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. gotta love the description. "Working class, fiscally responsible, family values" |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I think it's helpful to look at how Carter looked in 1980 |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. even if that were the case, why did they vote for him AGAIN in 84? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I think your disdain for Reagan, well justified though it is, |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. his most successful speeches were based on lies, that was the "strength" |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I can see that your mind is made up |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. lol, if you wanna worhip at the Church of Reagan, you might try watching Hannity |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. insult me all you want. I'm not the one still delusional enough to think he was a great man. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. OK let me run this down again. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Yeah, they did exist: |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. well, someone voted for that asshole, and it wasn't just Repigs |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was a term that was coined in the early 80's after Reagan's election. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. many were also from industrialized blue collar/ethnic areas of the MW |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. So that explains Regean's wins in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, etc. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure they existed |
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GregD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. You bet there were. |
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liberaliraqvet26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes my father was one... |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yup... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It goes back before Carter. It certainly was in effect in '72 with so-called "Nixon Democrats" |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I was thinking of "Reagan Democrats" in their purest form... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Oh they did exist: Working class people who ordinarily voted Democratic |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. The same 'Dems' |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm a Reagan Democrat ... |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Oh, snap! |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, but I think it's more accurate to call them "Nixon Democrats"... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. So, the Southern Strategy was used for Reagan's wins in Michigan |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Clinton would've won without a single southern state -- both times |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. We called my dad a reagan Democrat because Reagan turned him into a dem |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes - my Dad was one. Mom stuck with Carter. |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, but many gradually realized that the GOP worked against |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Reagan was a simple guy with simple answers for simpletons. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. alas yes |
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Rabbit of Caerbannog (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. My siblings claimed to be "Democrats for Bush" when |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. Unfortunately yes. Lots of them in my area |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. My husband even voted for him... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes - my dad was one |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. I hail from Macomb County Michigan .... |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh yeah, they existed.. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Many people bought the "image". |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. The economy was AWFUL in 1980 |
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