Comments on: Trump’s Take It Or Leave It Approach Makes Sense

By: Wow

Wow — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:59:16 +0000

And it may merely have been not the first attempt, rather than the first actual wounding.

By: wow

wow — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:14:27 +0000

He was shot/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan

And so fairly sure he wasn’t universally popular.

So if “democrats” liked him, it musta been republicans. Or libertarians…

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:04:08 +0000

Reagan => Alzheimer’s not bullet.

By: Wow

Wow — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:55:22 +0000

Ah, shoulder or something? I remember the scene, though it wasn’t the only time he got shot, I remember that too. It might, at the report of it on the news, have been wondered if he’d been shotin the head (not dead)

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:21:09 +0000

Reagan was not shot in the head.

By: Wow

Wow — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:55:51 +0000

Reagan got shot in the head IIRC, and also had some brain surgery to remove some brain (cancer). Yet was still smarter than Bush Jr (though that is a very low bar).

Still Shrub was smarter than trumpistan.

Both he and Maggie both benefitted from the inertia of a economy that bourne on the backs of the massive middle class, had a good 15-20 years of growth built in before their idiotic economic policies started to cut back on the middle class.

The middle class is what government makes money off. The poor have no money to tax, and the rich either avoid or withhold tax successfully.

And the growth of the middle class through the late 50’s to the early to mid 70s meant a buffer of untapped wealth to mine for the benefit of the wealthy.

Libertarians are, of course, all wealthy, or potentially so if it were not for the “commie policies” of government making them unsuccessful….

By: dean

dean — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:24:08 +0000

“Reagan actually thought things through,”

People who are willing to overlook the reality of what a shitstorm Reagan was in favor of the myth he’s been built into, maybe.

People with common sense and a memory of those 8 years: nope.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:21:52 +0000

Of course W is not their first choice as president, or Romney. With the electoral college vote looming, there were a number of liberals asking for votes for Romney, and ended up with some Democrats voting for Colin Powell(and Bernie).
When Bush was there, people said, Reagan actually thought things through, unlike W. Now, it’s W’s turn as the new ‘He was actually not that bad’. It started when they contrasted with Sarah Palin.

It’s just a matter of time, some of the people talking about Trump will eventually be praising him to attack the new guy.

By: dean

dean — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 23:32:59 +0000

“But hey, if you want to say that any given handful of people represent liberals, whatever vato.”

Well, all three of those people do make a living off of their abilities with written and spoken words — that has to be enough to qualify them as liberal, right? It’s not like using words is something a real ‘Merican would be doing, right?

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:05:11 +0000

Meh.

Bill Maher describes himself as a Libertarian and would-be Republican:
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/10-little-known-facts-about-bill-maher-074107

Dana Milbank is a contrarian who votes for Republicans not on the ballot.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Milbank

Aziz Ansari is a comedian. Take what he says in context and understand why he says it. He also said:
“If you’re excited about Trump, great. He’s President. Let’s hope he does a great job. If you’re scared about Trump and you’re very worried, you’re going to be O.K. too.”
http://time.com/4642747/aziz-ansari-snl-monologue-transcript/

But hey, if you want to say that any given handful of people represent liberals, whatever vato.