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MEMBER BLOG TAG: hunger

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:33PM
 
Resurrecting Reagan
Tags: Reagan, Bush, terrorism, crime, racism, hunger, national security
 
Poster boy of those who preach “family values” is Ronald Reagan who abandoned his family to marry a pregnant mistress. “Pro-selected life” citizens revere Reagan although as governor of California, Reagan signed the nation’s most liberal abortion law. As president he appointed three justices, only one of whom foreswore his oath of office in order to defend church dogma. Fiscal conservatives extoll Reagan who promised to cut taxes and live on borrowed money. Let someone else pay. He increased the national debt more than anyone until George W. Bush. Social Darwinists applaud Reagan for making government the problem for the poor and the solution for the greedy. Veterans of the class war adore Reagan for union-busting, trying to cut federal funding for school lunches for poor children, and...
 
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