Blogosphere reaction to this post:9. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
10. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our longtime allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
11. HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.
12. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.
13. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
15. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war crime in which thousands were killed or murdered is a solid defense policy.
16. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
17. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's AWOL record, cocaine abuse, and queer exploits is none of our business.
18. You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.
19. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the 1980s is irrelevant.
20. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist; but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.--
Posted by Kaz at 2/1/2008 1:51 PM and is filed under Presidential Race, Republicans, Government, Repuglicans
What a contrast between the Clinton-Obama debate last night and the previous evening's Republican "debate." The Democrats discussed substantive issues important to the American people, while the Republicans lambasted each other, hurling accusations and again wrapping themselves in Ronald Reagan 's mantle at the former president's library.
Ah, yes, Saint Ronnie and Republican revisionist history. Reagan is featured in a number of my posts debunking his sainthood. (Just plug in Reagan on the search menu button on this site.) The Existentialist Cowboy has an excellent piece on the incompetent Reagan and the damage he and his Reaganites caused during his two term presidency. Here is an excerpt: " Ronald Reagan is remembered for doubling the Federal Bureaucracy, tripling the national debt, and ushering in a two year long depression. He is remembered for making the rich, richer, the poor, poorer and all at taxpayer expense. As bad as all that is, Reagan's lasting legacy is his worst and most dangerous. Reagan may have blown the world's last chance to achieve a non-nuclear peace." Robert Parry, who broke many of the Iran Contra stories during the Reagan era, has written a number of articles at Consortium News about the deceitful, criminal Reagan administration, including his most recent that states: "On the domestic side, Reagan oversaw the dismantling of regulatory structures that restrained the excesses of Wall Street investment banks, the energy industry and other economic powerhouses. Many of today's problems – from the mortgage meltdown to the nation's wasteful energy policies – can be traced to Reagan's contempt for that type of accountability. "Reagan's clandestine dealings with Iran and Iraq remain shrouded in secrecy and deception to this day. Also suppressed has been the full story of how Reagan tolerated drug traffickers who operated under the cover of his favorite covert operations ( Nicaragua and Afghanistan). "Even more troubling, Reagan aided and abetted mass slaughters in Central America, including acts of genocide in Guatemala , but neither he nor any of his senior advisers faced any meaningful accountability for their actions." So when these Republican presidential candidates extol Reagan and want to be seen as Reagan the Second, watch out......danger ahead for the United States and the world should any of these warmongering, anti-Constitution, imperialists, contemptuous of regular working Americans, Reagan wannabe's get elected
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