Comments on: Americans will never elect some silver-tongued, relatively inexperienced celebrity their president http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/04/americans-will-never-elect-some-silver-tongued-relatively-inexperienced-celebrity-their-president/ 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." Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: redrover http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/04/americans-will-never-elect-some-silver-tongued-relatively-inexperienced-celebrity-their-president/#comment-4705 redrover Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:19:54 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/04/americans-will-never-elect-some-silver-tongued-relatively-inexperienced-celebrity-their-president/#comment-4705 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. 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.

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/04/americans-will-never-elect-some-silver-tongued-relatively-inexperienced-celebrity-their-president/#comment-4685 Menlo Bob Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:29:37 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/04/americans-will-never-elect-some-silver-tongued-relatively-inexperienced-celebrity-their-president/#comment-4685 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. 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.

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