It has been a couple of weeks and Ronald Reagan is still dead—or is he? His genial visage will no doubt be imprinted along “In God We Trust” on our money. Perhaps, replacing FDR on the dime—a coup de grâce for the right—but more likely, supplanting Andrew Jackson on the 20-spot. (We will leave it to historians to debate whose… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesThank you, Joel.
We need to keep reminding everyone that the tools the Bush administration uses to keep the public believing his lies include simple repitition.
Advertising agencies use this tactic effectively.Where I live, the flags are still at half-mast for Reagan and it’s been two weeks since he’s been buried. For the love of God, doesn’t anyone remember the 80’s? The inflation, unemployment, the labor union dismantlement, the lies and the tactics the Reagan administration used to convince people they were true. They’re being used again.
The only solution is to make this another one-term Bush and never vote in another one.
It took years to undo the mess Reagan made and in a matter of a year Bush completely destroyed it, using the 9/11 deaths to justify it all.
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