Echoes of Reagan

maddogliberal

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Wednesday April 16, 2014 · 4:34 PM PDT

2014/04/16 · 16:34

I was born in 1969, so I was 11 when Ronald Reagan was elected president. I don’t know if my family was more or less political than other families of that era. My grandmother did have a picture of JFK on her living room wall next to her Catholic crucifix and I can remember she and my father refusing to call President Nixon by any name other than “Shithead.” Both of my parents were outraged by the anti-gay comments of Anita Bryant and my mother treated me to a daily dose of the Phil Donahue Show (knowingly or not) which covered many social and political topics of the time.

Maybe that's why I recognize the echoes of Reagan's policies in the rhetoric of the GOP in general and the Tea Party in particular. Following below the squiggly rabbit hole if that's as unsettling to you.

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Monday August 08, 2011 · 5:52 PM PDT

2011/08/08 · 17:52

My ethnic lineage is not Native American. I'm of Polish and Irish descent so I'm an American because someone somewhere in my heritage immigrated to the United States. Because of this fact, I'm constantly annoyed at the outrage people express about Mexicans immigrating to the U.S.
My feelings on this issue are, if you're not of Native American descent, thank an immigrant.

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