What Reagan Taught Bush

[IChing]

Older article but still a worthy read:


The top 10 lessons for counterrevolutionaries.
By David Lytel
Web Exclusive: 06.09.04


10. Even if tax cuts build a weaker America they build a stronger Republican party: >>>>>>snip


9. A President must take full responsibility for everything except mistakes and illegal activities:>>>>snip


8. While overt racism is unseemly, a Republican leader should signal to white-power proponents that he agrees with them:>>>>snip


7. Nations that assist the United States in its foreign policy goals can murder, torture, and imprison anyone necessary to maintain stability: >>>>snip



6. Bust unions whenever you can, because those people are a danger to the continued concentration of wealth and power in the hands of trust-fund Republicans:>>>>>snip


5. The most effective way to please corporate contributors is to appoint regulatory chiefs who will undermine their agencies from within: >>>>>snip


4. If defense policies serve only to tie corporate interests more closely to the Republican party without making the nation more secure, that’s good enough.>>>>>snip


3. No global problem is too big to be ignored.>>>>snip


2. If you are affable, the commercial news media will judge you on your intentions rather than your actual results.>>>snip


1. Boldly claim credit for major historic events and make it seem that you caused them:>>>>snip


Sorry on edited forgot to link so you can read the substance of the article


http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=7817

[IChing]

1. edited for link to article:

sorry

[Demeter]

2. Aint' It the Truth! Mr. Oblivious Couldn't Find a Fact With His Own Two Hands.

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3. "Facts are stupid things." -- RR

[Martin Eden]

4. Excellent points n/t