Ronald Reagan

Is 2008 a 1932 Moment?

John Zogby | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, 1931, Ronald Reagan, Federalism, Richard Nixon, New Deal, Harry Truman, John Zogby, Federalism 2008 Election, Bush Job Performance Rating, Iraq, Zogby, 2008 Election, Zogby Poll, 1932 Election, Fdr, Politics News
John Zogby

If the new president can redefine federalism -- -the proper role of the central government -- he or she will join the ranks of Roosevelt and Reagan.

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One Year Left. Looking to the Future...

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Ronald Reagan, Bush, 3rd Party Voter System, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Wiretapping, Katrina, Fema, Al Gore, Electoral College, Iraq, Democrats, Democratic Party, Fear Mogering, Politics News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

It's always darkest before the light. 2008-2009 might be the gloomiest years before the "Great Repair" begins.

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An Open Letter To Hillary Clinton

Richard Morse | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

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Richard Morse

When you feel frustration from your electorate its because we don't want watered down Republican politics (Republican Lite). We want Democrats with Democratic values.

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Torture American Style

Philip Giraldi | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

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Philip Giraldi

The increasing tendency to designate critics as enemies or allies of terrorists suggests that the worldview of 1936 Berlin is not so far removed from that of 2007 Washington.

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Reagan Library Unable To Account For 80 Percent Of Its Inventory

CNN | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

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Up to 80,000 items at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library are unaccounted for, probably because of haphazard record-keeping and inventory procedure...

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Look up in the Sky: It's a ???

Richard Belzer | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Dennis Kucinich and UFOs, Ufo, Politics News
Richard Belzer

There is more evidence for UFOs than there is for WMDs, Hussein's involvement in 9/11, Al-Qaeda's relationship with Saddam and other patently non-existent realities.

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Reagan -- Without the Rosy Tint

Martin Lewis | Posted 10.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Intellectually-Lazy, Naive, Disengaged, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Lazy, Dangerous, Unrealistic, Nancy Reagan, Superficial, Politics News
Martin Lewis

We can be sympathetic that Reagan suffered from a terrible disease, impressed with his courage facing it and respectful of his family's bravery in dealing with it -- and STILL be honest.

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Wings

Bob Franken | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

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Bob Franken

Will somebody please tell me what the hell the "Republican Wing" is. Whatever it is, even Fred Thompson came out of hibernation to challenge Romney's claim to it.

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Fred Thompson: The Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Thompson Lobbyist, Leonard Nimoy, GOP Candidates, Fred Thompson Campaign, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Now Fred Thompson wants to get into the act. His "qualifications" amount to little more than being able to emote on demand and read a mean teleprompter.

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President Carter: I'd Rather Redo the 2000 Election Than the 1980 Election

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

President Carter said he would redo the 2000 election because it had such adverse consequences for the country. As always, the man is selfless and classy.

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Hail to the Punchline-in-Chief: An All-Star Panel of Pundits Weighs in on America's Most Comical Presidents

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jon Stewart, George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer, Presidential Satire, Stephen Colbert, Humor, Graydon Carte, Mark Twain, Presidential Humor, Bill Maher, Paul Slansky, Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Danielle Crittenden, Richard Belzer, Gore Vidal, Presidents, Harry Shearer, Conrad Black, Richard Nixon, Nora Ephron, Gerald Ford, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, David Frum, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

We asked political observers -- including Nora Ephron, Peggy Noonan, Harry Shearer, Conrad Black, Richard Belzer, David Frum, Paul Slansky, and Joe and Jerry Long -- to weigh in on the question: Who was our most comical president?

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Thompson's Candidacy Highlights Need to Allow Exemptions from Equal Opportunities Rule

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Colbert, George Takei, Equal Opportunities; Actors; Candidates; Communications Act; Broadcast Regulation; Broadcasting Regulation; Political Broadcasting, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Pat Paulsen, Ronald Reagan, Fred Thompson, Politics News
Charles M. Firestone

The FCC should exempt fictional characters who have no control over their scripts from application of the Equal Opportunities Rule.

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Do Taxes 'Hurt'? Is Government Bad?

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.07.2007 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

Are taxes really an affliction? Is government really a negative force in society? Let's step back from the affliction frame for a second and take a different look at the idea of taxes and government.

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Roadkill: OffTheBus's Ongoing RoundUp of the Awkward, the Ugly, and the Just Plain Weird

Off The Bus | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home

Read More: Campaign Widget, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Duncan Hunter, National Federation of Women, Roadkill, BOB, Pro-Life, Blogettes, Daily Brownbacker, Tom Tancredo, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, McCainBlogette, Vertical Day, Sam Brownback, Offthebus, Home News
Off The Bus

Megan McCain goes femino a mano with Romney boys. Rudy declares the eyes have it. Tancredo loses spelling bee.

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The Coming Collapse of Fundamental Conservatism

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics

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Hal Donahue

Ronald Reagan sold Fundamental Conservatism on the "vision" thing. But what it lacked and where the seeds of its own destruction were buried was in the "results" thing.

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Al Pacino's Gay '80s Flop "Cruising" To Get Second Life

Reuters | Craig Modderno | Posted 09.28.2007 | Entertainment

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America in 1980 was a culture confronting itself. Conservative Ronald Reagan was elected president strongly supporting family values, while at the box...

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The "Whites-Only" Sign on The GOP's "Big Tent"

Vernon Jordan | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics

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Vernon Jordan

The candidates for the Republican party's presidential nod are building quite a track record--of snubbing prospective voters. It's getting to be a long list.

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Constitution Day 2007

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes | Posted 09.16.2007 | Politics

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Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes

We revere the framers. We gobble up books about them and love snippets of their wisdom. They have become our secular gods. Yet we have little sense of what it was they actually invented.

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White House To Smear Greenspan!

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Julius Streicher, Jews, Senator Larry Craig, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Andrea Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Roger Ailes, Politics News
Martin Lewis

That wizened old goat has spilled the beans! I thought putting that tin medal round his neck would keep him on board with his fat mouth shut.

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Greenspan: Nixon "Hated Everybody" And Carter "Had No Use For Me"

Newsweek | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Alan Greenspan, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Home News

Nixon: "A member of the Clinton administration once was accusing Nixon of anti-Semitism, and I said, 'You don't understand. He wasn't exclusively anti...

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Fred Thompson!!!

Steven Weber | Posted 09.08.2007 | Politics

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Steven Weber

I seen him on TV! He's avuncular! I wanna have a malted and a bourbon with him! Dunno what he stands for but goddamn he ain't said anything I disagree with! Hell, he ain't said anything I agree with!

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Afghan Formula: Bin Laden salutes Ronald Reagan

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hair Dye, Ronald Reagan, Grecian Formula, Osama Bin Laden, Afghan, Cia, Financier, Politics News
Martin Lewis

Osama bin Laden is one ungrateful bastard. He regualrly lambasts the USA - never giving credit to the American hero who generou...

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