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kpete

(72,897 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 11:07 AM Jan 2013

A Reminder That Ronald Reagan Was Shot [View all]

A Reminder That Ronald Reagan Was Shot

while surrounded by "the best trained armed guards in the history of the world."

It's the guns.

http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-reminder-that-ronald-reagan-was-shot.html

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A Reminder That Ronald Reagan Was Shot [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

he's lucky that guy didn't know how to make a mercury round-- snooper2 Jan 2013 #1

what I can recall best was the small automatic irisblue Jan 2013 #2

Yeah, the guy with the Uzi. I'll never forget that. Aristus Jan 2013 #5

yeah him. irisblue Jan 2013 #9

Reagan and the people around him might have been dead. Jennicut Jan 2013 #21

must not have been any good guys with guns around i guess tk2kewl Jan 2013 #3

by a Bush family friend. Octafish Jan 2013 #4

woo n/t RomneyLies Jan 2013 #7

hoo laundry_queen Jan 2013 #10

transparently hates nutty woo woo OKNancy Jan 2013 #12

yeah laundry_queen Jan 2013 #13

At least they are not moderators anymore! Rex Jan 2013 #46

Octafish Posts Nutty Woo Woo? HangOnKids Jan 2013 #14

BTW laundry_queen Jan 2013 #17

how does discounting a supposed dinner OKNancy Jan 2013 #20

Actions speak louder than words. laundry_queen Jan 2013 #24

Calling A Post From An Esteemed DUer "Nutty Woo Woo" Is Now Defined As Discounting The Post? HangOnKids Jan 2013 #30

In 11 years, I have never used the Alert function (except two or three times for hate postings) Octafish Jan 2013 #34

Bwhahahahahahahaha! zappaman Jan 2013 #42

Those posts were a tad too long for you, eh? nt laundry_queen Jan 2013 #51

I am sensing some sort of animosity here siligut Jan 2013 #70

Funny, had nothing to do with you. Rex Jan 2013 #47

It was a pushing of CT RomneyLies Jan 2013 #27

You simply call it woo or CT to squash any discussion, just like the right-wing does laundry_queen Jan 2013 #35

Good Blessings On You My Dear! HangOnKids Jan 2013 #41

True, because they didn't need to seize power tavalon Jan 2013 #56

AP: Hinckley, Bush Kin Had Dinner Plans Octafish Jan 2013 #29

Shit Dude! Haven't You Posted Enough Woo For One Day? HangOnKids Jan 2013 #31

AP does have a record as lying in the service of the National Security State. Octafish Jan 2013 #37

Thank You The Woo Meme Has Really Pissed Me Off HangOnKids Jan 2013 #39

Where are my net-manners? Octafish Jan 2013 #38

Ah Yes The Mighty Wurlitzer HangOnKids Jan 2013 #40

"The far left will do anything to discredit the military. - RomneyLies" Rex Jan 2013 #44

? RomneyLies Jan 2013 #48

You attack someone for WOO and get caught doing the same dam thing Rex Jan 2013 #49

Oh RomneyLies Jan 2013 #50

And other Bush family friends (and business partners) KansDem Jan 2013 #22

Thanks for reminding me, KansDem. Remember Mark Lombardi, the artist who documented social networks? Octafish Jan 2013 #33

Thanks! You've given me my reading for the weekend! KansDem Jan 2013 #52

He also knew Hinckley's cousin's brother's former roomate RZM Jan 2013 #32

The Bush Family: A Continuing Criminal Enterprise? Octafish Jan 2013 #53

I'm confused. Are you saying John Hinckley was a member of the Yakuza? RZM Jan 2013 #54

In academic terms, the professor detailed the workings of the Bush RICO case. Octafish Jan 2013 #55

You're trying to discount that the Bush's knew the Hinkley's? tavalon Jan 2013 #57

Not at all. But I haven't seen anybody argue why it matters either RZM Jan 2013 #58

Is there a case to be made that Hinkley wanted to impress Jodie Foster? tavalon Jan 2013 #59

And here's the reenactment of the, um... "shooting" Zorra Jan 2013 #65

What a heart wrenching video. thucythucy Jan 2013 #6

And, luckily for him, it wasn't with a semi-automatic rifle with a 50 bullet clip. Coyotl Jan 2013 #8

And Reagan in 1994 supported "The Brady Bill" napkinz Jan 2013 #11

Exactly. It was a response that was actually relevant to the crime we wanted to prevent Recursion Jan 2013 #15

When a nut with a gun nearly murders you and paralyzes your press secretary, nyquil_man Jan 2013 #25

and when your daughter is gay, all of a sudden, you support gay marriage ... napkinz Jan 2013 #28

That is conservatism in a nutshell laundry_queen Jan 2013 #36

It Is Called Narcissism HangOnKids Jan 2013 #43

Then there's the congresscritter mentality, nyquil_man Jan 2013 #45

To be fair to Ronald Wilson Reagan nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #61

Rachel last night discussed how Reagan and Dubya napkinz Jan 2013 #63

IMO we are closing to rock bottom nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #64

the Rethugs reach new depths of depravity; they never cease to amaze napkinz Jan 2013 #67

Nothing stays the same way forever. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #68

k & r SoapBox Jan 2013 #16

And Ronnie didn't know he was shot at first. Wolf Frankula Jan 2013 #18

That Kind of Says It All, Doesn't It? cer7711 Jan 2013 #19

I still cry when I see James Brady lying on the ground like that. n/t cynatnite Jan 2013 #23

This was very difficult for Frank Reynolds to announce--he was a close friend of Jim Brady. Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #26

kick napkinz Jan 2013 #60

Hinckley's gaydar was on a par with his gun proficiency Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #62

he was shot by a mentally unstable man mnmoderatedem Jan 2013 #66

spending cuts & tax cuts are the answer to ALL our problems napkinz Jan 2013 #69

posted by MrScorpio ... napkinz Jan 2013 #71