"Obama is a Reaganite" Officially Hits the Charts~!!!

[Bonobo]

Yes! With a bullet, "Obama is a Reaganite!" has hit the top of the DU charts! Ya baby!

[tyne]

1. FFS

I'm voting for Obama and switching to Independent.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

2. Switching from what? ReThug?

[tyne]

3. No

Democrat for over 25 years.

[BenDavid]

4. walks like a republican, talks like a republican, admires a

racist republican president, then it must be republican...

Yes reagan was racist. Reagan was a damn racist! Racist is as racist does. I care, how Reagan mistreated African American in his personal life and in his budgets. I care that prominent people seem to think that he wasn’t really a racist and maybe obama doesn't either. What I care about is that Ronald Reagan, the patron saint of the Conservative Movement, made a career out of deliberately appealing to the racist vote. it brought him to power and, as the above shows, it was a constant tool throughout his career. Ronald Reagan acted in public as a racist acts. He deliberately set out to appeal to racists and continue the odious Southern Strategy. In doing so, he helped to mainstream racism in the GOP and thus the country.

[Bonobo]

5. You sure proved that Reagan was an asshole all right. It's the Obama connection that is weak.

Don't blow it, man. You're on a roll. Everything you said about Reagan was spot on.

Now. Take off the emotional goggles for one second. Breathe deeply.

Okay now.

Here's the question.

Are you really saying, do you REALLY think, as a good Jewish mensch like me, that Barack Obama is in any way a racist like Ronald Reagan? Is he appealing to the Racist vote now?

What are you trying to say about Obama? Not Reagan, but Obama.

Okay, I am ready to listen to YOU now.

[mckeown1128]

7. I guess Clinton is a Reagonite also...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4091086&mesg_id=4091086

[mckeown1128]

8. I guess Clinton is a Reagonite also...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4091086&mesg_id=4091086

[OzarkDem]

6. Wait til the AA voters hear about it

Something tells me he's going to have a hard time selling it to them.

[Tulkas]

9. Over reacting

He is not anything like a Reaganite.


He did not praise Reagan and he did say that his tax cuts were "well something we tried" implying that they didn't work, a clear shot at the Reagan economic legacy.


Simply being civil and not attacking someone does not mean he supports, or even agrees with, Reagan's policies.