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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.”

Americans will never elect some silver-tongued, relatively inexperienced celebrity their president

August 4th, 2008 at 02:13pm Pat Cunningham

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Entry Filed under: Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama

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  • 1. Menlo Bob  |  August 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    Ronald Reagan was governor of California for 8 years. Barack Obama made some speeches and collected a number of shady friends. Now Obama wants us to compare him with Ronald Reagan. Good luck with that.

  • 2. redrover  |  August 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Ronald Reagan had all the experience he needed to do what he did best.

    Reagan was an expert actor who could get his audience to suspend their disbelief in a work of fiction that he had a role in.

    As president, Reagan used his actor skills to put a pretty and patriotic face on the many despicable, evil, criminal and unAmerican policies that he consistently supported and brutally implemented.

    SEE:
    How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons
    By NORM DIXON
    http://www.counterpunch.org/dixon06172004.html

    Not Even a Hedgehog
    The stupidity of Ronald Reagan.
    By Christopher Hitchens
    http://www.slate.com/id/2101842/

    “Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:”
    Fr. Miguel D’Escoto Speaks From Nicaragua
    http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/8/reagan_was_the_butcher_of_my

    Noam Chomsky on Reagan’s Legacy:
    Bush Has Resurrected “The Most Extremist, Arrogant, Violent and Dangerous Elements” of Reagan’s White House
    http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/7/noam_chomsky_on_reagans_legacy_bush

    Comparing Obama to Reagan is not a compliment.

    I hope that those of you who support Obama understand that the canonization of Ronald Reagan represents the sanctification of the very kind of politics that Obama is supposed to want to change.

    Is Obama also just a clever actor? I believe so.

    Is he as unscrupulous as Reagan? I hope not.

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