https://www.dailykos.com/news/TheirRealityHasLappedOurSatire News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:43:25 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:43:25 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/11/659125/-Their-reality-has-lapped-our-satire-Ronald-Reagan-Edition <p>I did not intend to turn "Their reality has lapped our satire" into a series. &nbsp;Honest, I didn't. &nbsp;But what can I do? &nbsp;They just keep getting farther and farther out there.</p> <p>The first such diary was <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/6/12447/07445">Their Reality Has Lapped Our Satire</a>. &nbsp;The fourth, and most recent, was <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/145245/63/817/647006">That's it, I give up</a>. &nbsp;Today, we get edition five of something never intended to be a series.</p> <p>So now what? &nbsp;What is so egregious as to justify a fifth edition of "Their reality has lapped our satire"? &nbsp;I will tell you. &nbsp;It is the continued deification of Ronald Reagan, mythology so absurd that the only way you can read it without laughing or crying is by taking all leave of reality. &nbsp;In summary, I really believe that if a columnist for the Villageville Advertiser wrote a column noting melting Arctic ice, she would be fired tomorrow, but if she opined that Ronald Reagan's bowel movements caused freedom, she would get a weekly column at the Wall Street Journal.</p> <p>Cross-posted from <a href="http://www.myleftwing.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=23617">My Left Wing</a>.</p> rss@dailykos.com (dhonig) Barack Obama BarackObama BarryGoldwater CivilRightsAct HenryOlson JimmyCarter John McCain JohnMcCain LBJ Recommended RichardNixon RonaldReagan TheirRealityHasLappedOurSatire Vietnam Wall Street Journal WallStreetJournal _659125 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:18:11 +0000