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Message 45 of 109 (113609)
06-08-2004 1:00 PM

Reply to: Message 33 by Mammuthus
06-08-2004 11:59 AM

Re: It's Just Spurious

You will notice that I did not sleaze-ball Reagan. I pointed out that he was controversial. It is an inopportune moment to attack him right now I agree. However, if public claims are made about him that are entirely inaccurate and we are told to not counter them out of "respect", I view it as an underhanded way of pushing a particular view or agenda and an attempt to supress the truth. It is just like the Camelot mythology that was pushed after Kennedy was assasinated.

I see that there is now a move afoot to have Reagan's picture on either the ten or the twenty dollar bill, or possibly on the dime (alternating with FDR). In this context it is not unreasonable to criticize his performance as president.

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Message 48 of 109 (113618)
06-08-2004 1:27 PM

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06-08-2004 1:04 PM

Re: It's Just Spurious

Current politics aside, I'd prefer Reagan to Jackson. Honoring Jackson is pretty vile. (I'm not fond of political myth-making of any stripe, however.)

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Message 50 of 109 (113621)
06-08-2004 1:33 PM

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06-08-2004 1:04 PM

Re: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

These ideas were afoot months before (and made the news well in advance of) Reagan's death. Their appropriateness was the subject of debate before his passing, and can continue to be addressed after the funeral. What's the rush?

Now is when Reagan is being lauded to the skies, not after the funeral; now is when the public is paying attention.

There is a hoary tradition of lying, if only by omission, when eulogizing the dead. Normally it doesn't do much harm, but when the eulogies serve a partisan political purpose the situaion is different.

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