stoptheaclu.com - 2/25/2009
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-By Warner Todd Huston
Once again CNN goes over the top in its gobsmacked praise of its Obammessiah. This time appropriating Ronald Reagan's famous "morning in America" theme and assigning it to President Obama as a result of his not-the-state-of-the-union speech last night. In reality, Obama's ...
The Reagan Myth and the Iraq War
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/21/2009 — Understanding Ronald Reagan's presidential record is important -- but what's critical in 2009 is undoing the mythology that caused America to pursue even worse policies and justify them in the name of the Gipper. In the early 2000s, then-President ...
The Reality-Based Reagan
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/19/2009 —
Thanks to the folks at TPM for asking me participate this week in the TPM Book Club - and above all, thanks to Will Bunch for engaging in the long overdue process of unpacking the myth of Ronald Reagan.
One of the most surprising things about ...
Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots)
firedoglake.com 2/2/2009 — Today on Stephanopolous, Jim DeMint repeated the mantra that we never spent our way out of a recession. As he said when defending his "stimulus" bill , which had nothing other than permanent tax cuts:
Long-term corporate, small ...
Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power
rasmussenreports.com 2/2/2009 — Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore. Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters say the Republican Party should return to the views and values of the iconic 40th president of the United States to be successful, according to a new ...
Two Happy Warriors Were We
spectator.org 1/7/2009 —
The Reagan I Knew
By William F. Buckley, Jr.
(Basic Books, 279 pages, $25)
When William F. Buckley died in February 2008, it was widely
known that he had been working on a book about Ronald Reagan. He
died before completing the ...
CONSERVATIVES KEEP LEARNING THE WRONG LESSONS FROM REAGAN
rightwingnuthouse.com 6/3/2009 — Salon’s “Dear Abbey” for hilariously confused and clueless lefties who ask questions of Glenallen Walken about conservatism - “Dear Wingnut” - is one of the most entertaining things about that publication. The childlike ...
How will you celebrate Ronald Reagan Day?
latimesblogs.latimes.com 2/7/2009 —
Governor Aronld Schwarzenegger has proclaimed today, February 6, 2009, Ronald Reagan Day. So the pressing question is how will you celebrate this glorious day?
Will you trade arms for hostages ?
Will you demand that someone tear down a wall ...
He Took a Shoe for His Country
floppingaces.net 1/19/2009 — When the Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar told Bush that in Europe he was “nearly as unpopular as Ronald Reagan” Bush replied, “I’m keeping pretty good company”.
-Brendon O’Conner on “Unpopular ...
CAN TEAM OBAMA GET A LIFE? DON'T COUNT ON IT
drsanity.blogspot.com 2/17/2009 — Even after George Bush has left the White House, the Bush Bashing continues unabated on the left. Many are practically salivating at the opportunities that exist to continue to denounce and unassailably prove once and for all that he is as dumb as ...
Byrd: Obama in power grab
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/25/2009
Politico - Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by ...
Fineman: Obama is Reagan redux —
msnbc.com: Politics 2/25/2009
President Obama is channeling Ronald Reagan in more than style and tone. His promises are grand – and his budget is wishful thinking. And like Reagan, he’s betting that arithmetic matters less than inspiration.