Obama praises President Reagan, Dummies heads exploding left and left.

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The Northerner  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 12:36 PM
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Obama: Reagan saw that 'we are all patriots'
   
By Barack Obama

Ronald Wilson Reagan was a believer. As a husband, a father, an entertainer, a governor and a president, he recognized that each of us has the power — as individuals and as a nation — to shape our own destiny. He had faith in the American promise; in the importance of reaffirming values like hard work and personal responsibility; and in his own unique ability to inspire others to greatness.

No matter what political disagreements you may have had with President Reagan— and I certainly had my share — there is no denying his leadership in the world, or his gift for communicating his vision for America.

President Reagan recognized the American people's hunger for accountability and change — putting our nation on a bold new path toward both. And although he knew that conflicts between parties and political adversaries were inevitable, he also knew that they would never be strong enough to break the ties that bind us together. He understood that while we may see the world differently and hold different opinions about what's best for our country, the fact remains that we are all patriots who put the welfare of our fellow citizens above all else.

It was a philosophy that President Reagan took to heart — famously saying that he and Democratic Speaker Tip O'Neill, with whom he sparred constantly, could be friends after 6 o'clock. It's what led him to compromise on issues as contentious as Social Security and tax cuts. And it's what allowed him to work with leaders of all political persuasions to advance the cause of freedom, democracy and security around the world, including reducing nuclear weapons and imagining a world, ultimately, without nuclear weapons.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-01-23-rona...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x261505

EOTE  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 12:37 PM
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1. Really? Even the "welfare queens" and pointy headed intellectuals?
   
Reagan made an awful lot of people feel completely unwelcome in this country. The makeover of his legacy is disgusting.

Tatiana  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 12:39 PM
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3. Ask the families of the massacred nuns in Nicaragua how they felt about Raygun's leadership.
   
Disgusting.

EFerrari  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 02:39 PM
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24. Raygun's "talent" = Telling Big Lies to the American people for 8 years successfully.
   
Sociopaths can be very charismatic.

Yep he was no Chavez by any means.

TheBigotBasher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 12:51 PM
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8. Just think of the exploding heads this will cause   Updated at 12:41 PM
   
at Freepreville.

As heads are exploding at DU.

EFerrari  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 01:02 PM
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17. "advance the cause of freedom around the world" with death squads,
   
rape, kidnapping, torture and massacres.

Once again he was no Chavez.

inna  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 02:41 PM
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26. "to advance the cause of freedom, democracy and security around the world"
   

omg. that is just sickening.

I'm sure that is sickening at DU. Advancing the cause of freedom is despised there.

Starbucks Anarchist  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 03:47 PM
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32. How dare he not piss on his grave!!!!11
   
I know he said he had policy disagreements with Reagan, but just saying nice things about a dead ex-President means Obama's a DLC corpofascist (tm)!

Jakes Progress  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 06:21 PM
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36. Pandering.
   
Pandering to the slow-witted and for no good reason. Praising Reagan won't get him one single republican vote. He is a slow learner.

He wasn't pandering to DU.

[GOBUCKS]

No heads exploding here. We already knew the jug-eared muslim would do or say anything to advance his re-election. After all, Lenin and Stalin didn't get to the top by being honest. More recently, can anyone describe the political philosophy of dress-soiler-who-can-piss-around-corners (that's his Indian name)? While he gives conciliatory speeches, the Kenyan continues to appoint socialist regulators and judges.

[thundley4]

Obama's view of Reagan today is far different from the discussion of Reagan in Obama's 1995 autobiography Dreams From My Father.  In that book, Obama says his strong feelings about the Republican president were part of the reason he decided to become a community organizer.   "When classmates in college asked me just what it was that a community organizer did, I couldn't answer them directly," Obama wrote.  "Instead, I'd pronounce on the need for change.  Change in the White House, where Reagan and his minions were carrying on their dirty deeds…"

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/new-op-ed-obama-praises-reagan-inspiration-95-autobiography-obama#ixzz1C0M4kvca

This is what Obama really thinks of the Great Ronaldo Magnus.

[AllosaursRus]

**** that prick! I consider it an insult to just hear the words, "Ronald Reagan" come out of that two faced skull of his!

This from the asshole who was promising transparency!

[miskie]

Why would there be exploding heads - To paraphrase Reagan - 'Obama is endorsing me, I am not endorsing him'

[Duke Nukum]

EOTE  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 12:37 PM
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1. Really? Even the "welfare queens" and pointy headed intellectuals?
   
Reagan made an awful lot of people feel completely unwelcome in this country. The makeover of his legacy is disgusting.

Unlike Obama who said I could speak, but only from the back of the bus.

[Red October]

Why would there be exploding heads - To paraphrase Reagan - 'Obama is endorsing me, I am not endorsing him'

H5.  Reagan and Obama have only charisma in common.  Absolutely nothing else.

[Karin]

8. Just think of the exploding heads this will cause   Updated at 12:41 PM
   
at Freepreville.

  What is this idiot talking about?  My head didn't explode.  Perhaps it's pandering, but I found nothing offensive about anything in Obama's remarks. 

[njpines]

I consider it an insult to just hear the words, "Ronald Reagan" come out of that two faced skull of his!

My sentiments exactly!

[DumbAss Tanker]

Relax, DUmmies.  It's not like he actually meant a word of it, it's just that this bundle of feel-good BS is his attempt to look more moderate, so he can try to sucker the independents into buying another Brooklyn Bridge deed next year.

[Rebel]

EFerrari  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jan-24-11 02:39 PM
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24. Raygun's "talent" = Telling Big Lies to the American people for 8 years successfully.
   
Sociopaths can be very charismatic.

This coming from the idiot that gives Chavez the proverbial blowjob on a daily basis.

[Ralph Wiggum]

This coming from the idiot that gives Chavez the proverbial blowjob on a daily hourly basis.

Fixed.

[BlueStateSaint]

This coming from the idiot that gives Chavez the proverbial blowjob on a daily basis.

How do we know it's just "proverbial?"

[true_blood]

Ronald Reagan and the communist in chief should not be used in the same sentence unless it goes as is;
The communist in chief is NOWHERE near a POTUS as Ronald Reagan was.

[AllosaursRus]

Ronald Reagan and the communist in chief should not be used in the same sentence unless it goes as is;
The communist in chief is NOWHERE near a POTUS as Ronald Reagan was.

Ya don't even need the "as Ronald Reagan was"! Unless ya wanna replace Ronnie with Jimah Cahtah!