tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post3292894387794492459..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: No, No, No. You Need To Dig Up!James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47105003183086108142008-02-03T18:15:00.000-05:002008-02-03T18:15:00.000-05:00I recall being at a wine tasting of good northwest...I recall being at a wine tasting of good northwestern liberals in '83 or thereabouts. People were standing around a tv showing a Reagan press conference, and I happened to refer to him as a mass murderer, whereupon these liberals all looked at me like I was insane and jumped to his defense. Of course I was one of the one half of one percent of the vote which went to Barry Commoner in 1980, so I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-82700501581691166642008-01-27T02:35:00.000-05:002008-01-27T02:35:00.000-05:00President Ronald Reagan as an inaccuracy that hasn...<I>President Ronald Reagan as an inaccuracy that hasn’t been corrected</I><BR/>It's too late to add anything useful to this thread, but I just wanted to read that again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-33153746182438455982008-01-25T11:38:00.000-05:002008-01-25T11:38:00.000-05:00Reagan's 1984 landslide included more electoral vo...Reagan's 1984 landslide included more electoral votes, but a slighter popular margin than Nixon's 1972 landslide (McGovern carried a smaller state than Mondale). Perhaps, we should consider how bipartisan Nixon reached across party lines with his microphones if not in some other way.<BR/><BR/>Barack Obama, do you care to comment?James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-50702637250544728722008-01-24T17:29:00.000-05:002008-01-24T17:29:00.000-05:00Apparently Obama was misunderestimated."What I sai...Apparently Obama was misunderestimated.<BR/><BR/>"What I said—and I will provide you with a quote—what I said was is that Ronald Reagan was a transformative political figure because he was able to get Democrats to vote against their economic interests to form a majority to push through their agenda, an agenda that I objected to."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1820#respond" REL=Prof. George Edward Challengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297220082924628104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-21409820848157382592008-01-24T16:35:00.000-05:002008-01-24T16:35:00.000-05:00And the "web" is, oh fuck it, you aren't Chris Mat...<I>And the "web" is, oh fuck it, you aren't Chris Matthews:</I><BR/><BR/>And so very, very grateful...D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-69435790484851941242008-01-24T16:14:00.000-05:002008-01-24T16:14:00.000-05:00His Raygun statements were shocking to me, no matt...His Raygun statements were shocking to me, no matter how he meant them. All this time I had thought of him as being intelligent and well informed. I was planning on voting for him if he won the primary, now I'll just vote straight Green Party (I live in MA, there's no Nader-esque threat here).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com