Reagan Mythology Rewritten

Reagan was a good-looking guy in a cowboy hat. The Reagan image is a sham which must be constantly rewritten in order to be successfully exploited.

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The Ronald Reagan brand is priceless to the Inner Party and we are eager to celebrate and exploit the legacy and optimism of Ronald Reagan in this election year.

However, there are several important issues regarding the presidency of Ronald Reagan that must never be discussed in public, as these items severely contradict the image of a standard bearing conservative.

Never ever talk about the 4 tax increases which Ronald Reagan pushed through Congress between 1982 and 1984. Do not ever talk about the 1986 increase of corporate income tax signed into law by Reagan.




Tax increases are now anathema to the Inner Party, and any candidate who proposes tax increases the way Ronald Reagan did would be run out of the party.

On social policy don't ever mention that Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to illegal immigrants. We are now running a very strong anti-immigration campaign and any candidate who alludes to an amnesty like the one Ronald Reagan granted in 1986 would be run out of the party.

So don't ever mention that Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to illegal immigrants. In 1986.

Cornerstones of conservatism have always included the quest for small government and the mandate of fiscal responsibility. So there are also a couple things here that you are forbidden to discuss.

Don't ever mention that Ronald Reagan abandoned the conservative principal of balanced budgets by running up the largest deficits in American history.

Don't ever mention that Ronald Reagan accumulated more national debt in his 8 years in office than all 39 presidents who came before him. Combined. In fact his accumulation of new federal debt is second only to George W. Bush. But don't mention that either.

Do not ever mention Ronald Reagan's theory of "supply-side" economics, which George H.W. Bush called "voo doo economics" during the primary contest.

And certainly don't ever mention that GHWBush was correct and that supply-side economic theory was a manifest failure, evidenced by the massive federal deficits which ballooned every year because the magical new revenue that was supposed to be generated by lower taxes never materialized.

And of course don't suggest that the reason Ronald Reagan raised taxes a half dozen times was that supply-side economics was an idiotic failure.

When discussing the war on terror, be silent about the fact that Ronald Reagan cut and run from Lebanon the instant things went wrong.

241 American servicemembers were tragically killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut and after proclaiming we would not be cowed by terrorists, Ronald Reagan waited 4 months and then withdrew American forces.

Of course today we would skewer such a policy as being one in which the terrorists win. Don't ever suggest that RR let the terrorists win when he cut and run from Lebanon.

Do not ever discuss the fact that Ronald Reagan went back on Jimmy Carter's pledge that we would never again import more oil than we did in 1977.

Dear god, if we had stayed true to that pledge, and spent our resources becoming energy independent, developing new technologies instead of breaking our treasury by sending our army oversees to fight oil war after oil war in the middle east, it's mind-boggling to think how much more secure we would be, if we weren't dependent upon people who hate us, people we make richer and richer every year, people who are slowly buying us up as our currency becomes worthless. Don't mention any of that.

Just show the picture of Ronald Reagan in a cowboy hat, and talk about everything being great. If you repeat it enough times, people will believe it.

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[footstomp1]

Liberals are anti-semitism, “Hamas’ charter calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.” Israel is right to attack Hamas in Gaza. The Palestinians are wrong to have elected Hamas as their leaders. Like the Taliban in Afghanistan, Gaza is being lead by an illegitimate terrorist organization bent on the destruction of Israel. (as are all the liberals in this room)

[footstomp1]

Obama, Donald Young murder, Update, Chicago Police, Larry Sinclair, detective contact, Drudge Report, Scott Covington, Obama campaign desperation.

Larry Sinclair has an update on the Chicago Police investigation into the death of TUCC gay choir director, Donald Young. Obama supporters are getting desperate to discredit Larry Sinclair and his allegations of drug use and gay sex with Obama in November 1999 and alleged contact by Donald Young shortly before he was murdered.

[Fridaey13txhOktober]

Remember that a dollar was worth much more under Reagan than under Obama.

An item costing 100 S in 1981 would cost circa 249.6 S today.

[Fridaey13txhOktober]

Except on letting down his black voters, Obama is the true heir of Ronald Reagan.

[vechorik]

The Debt Ceiling under President Reagan was raised eighteen times to a total of $1.85 trillion (See Table 7.3). This is less than the $3 trillion-plus already raised under President Obama! Raising the Ceiling 18 times during the eight Reagan years meant a Ceiling battle every 5.3 months (on average), with an average rise of only $102 billion per increase. So… does Obama really want to get the Reagan Treatment?

[TheFauxpas42]

@conspunk The Repugs are going to lose the House in 2012, because they continued to increase spending despite slashing social programs . For the record, Carter lowered unemployment more in 4 years than Reagan did in 8. Yeah, that information's there for everyone to look up, too.

[TheFauxpas42]

Reagan still holds the prize for highest unemployment rates of the last half century, too.

[noogetful]

hahahaha Let it out!

Less sirens though please....

[blevr1234]

conspunk

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... got any credible proof ? no !!!