Reagan: Liberal Champion

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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0301.green.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20030729-503544.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/04/133489113/Reagan-Legacy-Clouds-Tax-Record

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-01/the-republicans-rea...

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[dapop1001]

Dont forget Reagans contribution to the drug war. Crack cocaine for every ghetto.

[zaduzs]

Reagan was democrat when he was the president of the Screen Actors Guild and was nicknamed "Red Ronnie" due to how communist he was. After marrying Nancy, he became a conservative and turned in a few actors to McCarthy that were in fact not communists.

I personally think he was part of the infiltration of communists into American politics that The Naked Communist(wiki it) warned about. Hence why he was able to end the cold war.

I know I sound like a kook, but the dots connect.

[TumisHumis]

Ronald Reagan also won the Cold War, you can't really say that he taxed and spent on welfare... He spent a SHIT LOAD of money on some bogus programs with the military, such as "Star Wars" That everyone knew wouldn't work *Minus the Ruskies*, and this was a huge bargaining chip in the Cold War negotiations.

[ProIndividual]

Oh, and open borders, or amnesty, is consistant with free trade (not to be confused with FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, which are anti-free trade, like the PATRIOT ACT is unpatriotic)...free trade is consistant with free market capitalism...since labor is just a good/service, and it moving over borders is just free trade (treaty-less trade), free market capitalism and open borders are consistant with SOME (not all) conservatism.

[ProIndividual]

Reagan was a neoconservative...he started off a Democrat, followed ideology from neo-Trotskyists like Irving Kristol...of course he was liberal...all neocons are liberals! FOX NEWS is a liberal network!

BTW, conservatism, not neoconservatism, is noninterventionist...so Beruit pull-outs were fine. And also despite the tax raises (instead of spending cuts), he left with lower overall tax rates then he came in under.

So mostly I agree, but don't forget anti-war policy is originally Old Right.

[platanaso1982]

@savagegalt ur soo fukking right

[furtherbeyond]

Who would you like to see run for President in 2012?

[KingDingaLing090]

@lzf15 High five All the D-bags on this channel need to listen to lzf15

[euronationalist1]

He granted amnesty to millions of illegal aliens who would eventually become card-carrying members of the democratic party. Despite the republicans pandering to groups like LULU and embracing amnesty and affirmative action, they have never gotten above 35% of the Hispanic vote.

[Eaacker]

Great video man! Way to throw some cold water on those that are trying to deify Regan. Those on the right have tried to turn him into a mythological figure with the same stature as the founding fathers. I am really getting tired of the hero worship in this country.