Fox News is asking "What would Reagan do in this Crisis?"

[steelmania75]

REAGAN IS DEAD YOU MORONS!!!! HIS TAX CUTS DIDN'T DO SHIT FOR THE ECONOMY, IT JUST MADE IT WORSE, UNTIL THEY PASSED TEFRA IN THE NEXT YEAR.

[DBoon]

1. He'd take a nap

and let Nancy Reagan's astrologer handle it

[skeewee08]

3. U beat me to it! U Rock!

[lame54]

50. Watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshem5ejOh8

[opihimoimoi]

2. Are they that Stupified they feel a need to ask Dead peeps? OMG

[madrchsod]

4. ask nancy what`s in the stars....

[Solly Mack]

5. He would make a speech where he confuses some movie with reality

and swear he witnessed the event firsthand (so it has to be true) - before promising to protect the nutmeg.

[Junkdrawer]

6. Deregulate and privatize....Oh, wait...THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE FUCKING MESS....

Nevermind...

[JSK]

7. He'd say "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"

n/t

[MattBaggins]

45. It really never would occur to the asshats at Fox-Jazeera

that Holy Saint Raygun was responsible for this mess.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Drool into his pablum.

[lunatica]

9. Why not go dig him up and ask him themselves?

They'll get about as much practicality out of his answer as they did when he was alive....

[KharmaTrain]

13. Looks Like Faux Just Did It...

Here he is live from the White House...



He said he'd cut taxes for the dead as well as cut their health care. Also said that Nancy will wear fewer designer dresses. He then declared war on the Zombie Soviet Union.

[WI_DEM]

10. He'd tell the folksy story of the Welfare Queen who lived like a duchess while (white) working

folks were paying for her luxurious life style. Then he would cut taxes for the rich and propose that Ketchup be considered a veggie in school lunches.

[T Wolf]

11. He'd piss his pants, fall asleep, and invade Puerto Rico.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. If its any thing like he did during the early 80's ...

then he would sit on his hands and let everything turn to shit. Hell at least Nancy would consult an astrologer.

[Mudoria]

14. He'd eat a few Jellybelly's

Call for his inner circle of advisors/puppetmasters and have them write out a speech so he'd know what to say. Then, and only then, would he take a nap (right after the Capazin rub on his neck for all the head bob aches and pains speechifying gives him)

[Lasher]

15. He would blame Carter.

Then forget what he said.

[depakid]

16. Reagan would nod off and drool.

After murmuring something about government being the problem.

[sufrommich]

17. If we're lucky, there's a FOX live seance in the works. I would

tune in to watch (and point and laugh).

[izquierdista]

18. Cause it

[lazyriver]

19. It's a valid question. He basically laid down the framework that got us

into the crisis in the first place. Of course, he would only offer the same answer as all his half-assed zombie followers, "More tax cuts for the rich".

[mzmolly]

20. The same damn thing Bush did.

Cut taxes for the wealthy and pretend we'd all benefit.

Next question?

[Still Sensible]

21. He'd raise taxes just like he did in 1982!

The revisionist fuckers notwithstanding.

[GOTV]

22. Reagan was only wired to do one thing ....

... he wouldv'e done what he did in the 80's and it would make things worse.

[bdamomma]

23. hand out cheese.

[Median Democrat]

24. Look at Savings & Loan Crisis - He'd Start Taking Over Banks

No mystery there.

[baldguy]

25. Tax cuts for

MUST EAT BRAINS!!

[livetohike]

26. I am so sick of hearing them invoke Reagan's name

Ask Pittsburghers what Reagan would do. He would ruin what's left of this country's economy. What a switch from looking at that old, shriveled washed up "B" actor versus our energetic, intelligent current President. There is no comparison.

[Marr]

27. Hard to say. He might illegally fund Iran, or send weapons to Hussein... or maybe

he'd just deregulate Wall Street.

[Ioo]

28. FORGET!

[old mark]

29. He would still be dead. nt

[tomg]

30. I think he would have a few options:

A)he would look confused, say "sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper," endorse whomever the Republicans nominate, and then go back to being dead.

B) he would look confused, say "I approve of larceny; homicide is against my principles," endorse whomever the Republicans nominate and then go back to being dead.

C) he would look confused, ask "Where's the rest of me," endorse whomever the Republicans nominate and then go back to being dead.

[kentuck]

31. Let them eat cake..

he would say.

More taxcuts for small businesses and tax write-offs for big business. And the people would die by the side of the road waiting for the trickle down.

[Cheap_Trick]

32. Depends

as in he would shit in them and go nite-nite.

[noiretextatique]

33. he'd scapegoat "welfare queens"

classify ketchup as a vegetable, and train people to murder nuns in central america. and of course tax cuts for the wealthiest 1%.

[librechik]

34. poop his pants, grin and say I made a poopie, mommie!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

35. declare ketchup a vegetable

[anonymous171]

36. Light a cigar and say "My work here is done." nt

[DFW]

37. Reagan was PR savvy

He would have taken one his famous naps and woken up a Democrat.

[Harry Monroe]

38. He'd continue to rot in his coffin and stink.

What else COULD he do right now??

[underpants]

39. Secret war on Pine Street?

it is one block over from Wall Street

[diamidue]

40. Blame the crisis on the air traffic controllers? n/t

[Uncle Joe]

41. He would magnify it as this was the long term implications of his policies.

What if Reagen had kept the solar panels on the White House, and promoted renewable energy instead of turning back the clock to our nation's Mid-Industrial Age of reliance on dead, finite, society destroying, foreign nation controlled fuel?

Would we have seen $4+ a gallon gasoline with it's dampening effect on economic growth? Would we have been so motivated to wage treasury sucking, humanity depleting, national standing eroding war on the other side of the planet for the primary purpose of controlling this dead, finite, society destroying fuel.

Maybe FOX "News" should consult an *addicted crack whore and find out?




*I apologize to any addicted crack whores because for the most part, they don't murder people for their addiction.

[Xolodno]

42. Well, I'm going to point some things out...

He would have done exactly what Obama is doing right now. Lets face it, the Republican party of today would never elect him. Reagan was indeed willing to:

1. Raise taxes.
2. Take over banks (See S&L crisis).
3. Have a spending bill to jump start the economy (just use it different areas...such as Military Spending).
4. Work with Democrats.
5. Willing to negotiate with America's "enemies", such as Gorbachev, whereas Bush would think negotiating diplomatically is a sign of weakness.

Oh and he would have never got into a protracted war in the Mid-east. He was smart enough to realize there is no "winning" there. Only thing you can do is empower groups friendly to your cause with aid and hope for the best.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT THE PARTY OF REAGAN....It is the party of Bush (Sr. & Jr.). Reagan empowered the Afghan people to fight off the Soviets...Bush did not help them rebuild and left them high and dry....what a surprise it degenerated to a terrorist haven. Instead of asking what Reagan would do, maybe they should actually start doing what Reagan would do and not Bush.

[sinkingfeeling]

43. Remain dead.

[Jennicut]

44. Reagan would continue to rot in his grave. He is dead as a doornail

last time I checked. Maybe the Repukes think they can raise the dead?

[TankLV]

46. ummm - RAY-GUN CAUSED THIS CRISIS!!!

His "piss on you" economic and dismantling of FDR and the DEMOCRAT'S New Deal policies is what CAUSED this mess - over TWENTY YEARS AGO!!!

[Montauk6]

47. Uhhh.... shift a bit on his hammock and go back to snoring?

[LeftHander]

48. Lets ask him....

"Mr. President what should we do about the current economic crisis?"



"Mr. President...?



"Mr. President...the economy...what should we do?"



"Oh well he is not saying anything....we'll go ahead with the tax cuts for the top 10 percent, increase in defense spending and invasion of Iran."

[Giant Robot]

49. zzzzzzzzzz

zzzzhuuh what huh who?

[mdmc]

51. Well, what did they do in "Its a Wonderful Life?"

Raygun had no policy - he had a mental illness that allowed him to beleive Hollywood was history.

Raygun would have rang bells for angels while Hooverizing our economy.

I am glad FOX asked...

[fascisthunter]

52. the Guy that Helped Cause this Crisis... gawd damn they are so full of it

[steelmania75]

53. What I would think Reagan would do is say "Tax Cuts for the rich!!!"

[SalmonChantedEvening]

54. Read his lines. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

55. More like "What would Poppy Bush do and then claim Reagan made the decision"

Reagan was an actor who knew how to deliver a decent speech.

Period.

[SoCalDem]

56. What he always did in a "crisis".. Ask GHWB to "handle it"

IF he was even AWARE of the crisis.. I think they kept that old coot out of the loop for most of his 8 years there.

There was a real sense of "Sunset Boulevard" going on around that place..

"Mr. President, they're gonna be ready for your close up soon.. better go study your script"..

Ronnie was Norma Desmond-in-drag for most of his presidency..:(

[NoGOPZone]

57. Invade Grenada, probably nt

[arcadian]

58. His bones might shift a little

Probably isn't much left after the worms got to him.

[struggle4progress]

59. Support death squads in Central America? Sell arms to Iran to fund a private war?

Go on the radio and threaten to bomb Russia? Make fun of Desmond Tutu's name?

What a glorious golden age that was ...

[Wednesdays]

60. What crisis?

There ain't no crisis...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5167726

[LaPera]

61. Reagan would cut taxes even more for the rich & corporations-You know the old trickle down bullshit

Oh yeah, and he would bust up a few workers unions just for the fuck of it!