It’s a Republican game, whatja expect? The girls hijacked the tube to watch “The Holiday” with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black. I was told he’s sexy in this one. I was not amused.

They finally let go of the mocajoe and I got to see most of the second half, mostly because they would get to see the first second of Glee. And I want me some Chrysler 200.

In addition to guiding the nation through the Depression and second World War, FDR also gave us Soc Sec, jobs programs, and tried to enact an Economic Bill of Rights, which would have made the country a far better place.

To lionize the black hearted, mean-spirited, doltish old fool that Reagan was is sickening. He is largely responsible for the beginning of the morass in which we currently find ourselves. I hear no one willing to speak out and tell the truth about this president that never left Hollywood.

Reagan taught us that government is the only solution to all the probems we created by treating government as the problem.

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v20773202meR3kbwb

I say, if you have heroes, flaunt them. And Republicans do a grand job of some things. Of which honoring Ronald is one.

Another thing Republicans did very well was indoctrinate anyone who rose above bootstrap level into believing they got where they are by their own mustard. And anyone one not making it to their level deserves to be left in the dust.

I fear our present Democratic President is a child of Republican ideology. That at all costs, save the capital and everything else will spring back in the future. And it is a lie.

If you are busy taking capital and jobs out of the country and refuse to invest in infrastructure or education, you are building a dust bowl where nothing can thrive.

Our nation has, for 50 yrs, supported some of the most vicious repressive regimes. Not for the good of our country, but for the good of International Corporate monopolies. That have no loyalty to America or her people.

So now we have a Democratic President dithering over support for a regime that regularly secretly detains its citizens and tortures them, plus any we send along as well. Or maybe he should support a revolution calling for open elections and free expression and independent media. One would have guessed it would have been a no-brainer, but it is not.

Our nation’s banks and Wall Street stole our economy/treasury, and Obama’s DOJ can’t find anyone to prosecute for the crimes against us. Really?? No–its like the post-Bush debacle. Obama and Holder are refusing to call out and prosecute the guilty, so that this nation can gain some long term stability.

FDR did not allow citizens to languish with nothing to hope for like Obama has done, and no one will forget when our next bubble breaks.

Ronald Reagan’s legacy is that his VP and CIA Director let the Neo-Con idiots through the door which have brought the U.S. untold riches.

Right-wingers are longing for the good old days when the Governor could be overtly bigoted and hateful against Blacks and longhairs.

just back from being abroad, proud to view FDR salute to Malta for their stand with free nations under bombardment. those bombs would make a reagan & co. the noncombatant celebs pee.

Good morning, pups. It’s The Pasty Little Putz and Prof. Krugman today. In “Obama the Realist” The Pasty Little Putz tells us all about what Egypt reveals about the president’s foreign policy instincts. And of course throws in the line about how dangerous the Muslim Brotherhood is. Well, of course they are. Look at the name — it’s got MUSLIM in it fergawdsake… Prof. Krugman, in “Droughts, Floods and Food,” says world prices of food are surging, and one major factor is the disruption caused by extreme weather.

Here they are.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. It’s February, so our weather is behaving just like it does EVERY February — cold drizzle. I’ve got damp cats on the porch looking for breakfast, and I could use the fortification of another cup of tea. Have a great day.

Thanks for pointing this out Attaturk!

FDR brought our nation into the modern world. But of course, our corporations prefer Reagan’s “back to the stone ages” track record.

Well said, and let me add that he was overtly racist. His first major campaign speech was in Philadelphia, MS, the site of a famous murder of civil rights workers, and he he used racist terms like “welfare queens”.

It’s absolutely disgraceful to honor the racist senile movie star.

And another thing– we need to change the name of the national airport.

Reagan has been elevated from “demigod” to full fledged “God” by the right wing and a corrupt and complicit media. Forget about putting his bust on Mt. Rushmore, the new God will have a monumental bust carved that will dwarf those of Rushmore on it’s own mountain. It will result in the creation of a pilgrimage route from D.C. to Dixon, Il., to the new site of worship. One day in the U.S. it will be mandatory that all “citizens” take part in at least one pilgrimage in their lifetime.

Obama shares at least one of Raygun’s bigotries, hating “dirty f__kin hippies.”

When weslthy elites serve their own, there’s no end to all the fawning and misty water colored memories. When wealty elites dedicate themselves to service for the benefits of others, derision, marginalization and no end of efforts to undo the good they did. Hence the dismantling of the social safety net.

Any other firedogs besides me who’s parents or grandparents proudly displayed a photo of FDR in their living rooms?

When I think of Reagan, I think of Jesse Jackson and the way he fought Reagan in 1988, while many Democrats were trying to imitate Reagan. Jackson continually attacked what he called Reagan’s “Robin Hood in reverse” tax policies. He pounded the Reagan-Bush administration for doubling the military budget in peacetime while simultaneously declaring a war on the poor by cutting back on their food, education, health care and housing.

Jackson exposed the Reagan administration for its “race conscious” policies: “actions and decisions which were consciously designed to hurt people of color, as well as poor people.”

Jackson stood by traditional Democratic Party principles and, on Super Tuesday in 1988, Jesse Jackson won 91% of the African American vote. He won 37% of the Liberal vote, 35% of the Labor vote, 30% of the women’s vote, and 21% of the Hispanic vote. He carried the 18-29, the 30-44 and the 45-59 age brackets, and he carried voters who had voted the Democratic ticket in 1984, collecting 39% of their votes and also voters who were voting in a primary for the first time, collecting 31% of those important votes.

In 1988, Jesse Jackson won Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. He proved that White America would vote for an African-American in numbers no one believed possible.

Michael Dukakis went on to win the Democratic nomination, only to lose to George H.W. Bush in the general election. According to Jackson, Dukakis lost because he “failed to clearly identify the Democratic constituency and to adopt a clear ideology and a compelling message those voters could identify with.” At no time, Mr. Jackson says, did Dukakis “systematically critique how the economy had been undermined by Reagan-Bush, how the rich and corporations had been indulged, the middle-class squeezed and the poor pummeled, or identify what Dukakis would do to change this.”

That would remain for William Jefferson Clinton to do.

Yes, I remember well the many anecdotal stories of “welfare queens driving around in their Cadillacs”, based on absolutely nothing yet told with such amazing sincerity that only an actor could muster. This was the beginning of the current fad of bashing the poor, the sick,and the homeless, devoid of compassion for anyone but the put upon “over taxed, over regulated” corporations and millionaires.

Well, Raygun destroyed the air traffic controllers union. Maybe Obama dreams of breaking the NFL players union. He seems more concerned with the legacy of Raygun than that of FDR.

Thank you for that concise history. I worked hard on the 1988 campaign (for Dukakis) and even met Jesse Jackson during that time. I promptly thanked him for keeping up the fight, which more than a few of the contenders that year were not doing. But the rest of the campaigns are a blur. Your post helped jog the memeory.
Revisiting Jackson’s achievement that year shows that without Jackson there would be no Barack. It also reminds me that Jackson was one of the few prior to the election who tried to give us a heads up on how Obama would not cut the mustard on a lot of things. If only we had listened.
And by the way, when we are looking for progressives to get us out of the mess we created why not Jesse? Yes he has personal baggage but by now we should know they all carry a lot of baggage. And if you need someone who can go toe to toe with Obama in the speech department, Jesse can get out a message like no other.

In my opinion last two great Republican Presidents last century were Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and Pres. Eisenhower. Thats what you can infer by yourself reading about Presidents, their actions on ground not just plain talk and most importantly not just listening to MSM talk. In my opinion that is the true, logical and invaluable opinion which will hold good for generations to come and more.

And on top of all this HuffPO has now gone over to the dark side in a merger with AOL.Arianna; once a republican, always a republican

10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You to Know About Reagan
The image of Reagan as a conservative superhero is myth, created to unite the various factions of the right behind a common leader.

That would remain for William Jefferson Clinton to do.

And, not particularly well, I might add.