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In reply to the discussion: How Ronald Reagan's minions referred to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)36. Even people who've followed the case for decades are shocked to learn about that one...
...seems that the more one picks at the Poppy in Dallas scab, the more stuff oozes out.
Way back when, a great DUer reported hearing Michael Beschloss tell Don Imus on Nov. 22, 2004, that former First Lady Barbara Bush say she had taken Little George to Dallas to "watch the parade."
Sorry, I can't get the GOOGLE to cough up the original report at the moment. And people wonder why I'm no fun, anymore.
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Don't like bringing this up, but it's important to show why things are so messed up today.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#3
Good luck with that one. The guy was investigated from October Surprise to Wedtech.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#7
Reagan declared his candidacy in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where 3 Civil Rights marchers murdered.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#12
Disgusting. But credit where it's due to Reagan for signing the MLK holiday into law,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#11
he was on the cutting edge of saying n####r without actually saying it.
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#17
Check out the code sprinkled throughout his announcement at Philadelphia, Mississippi...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#18
yeah I think in 1980 he was the first major political candidate in almost a generation
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#19
NO!!! Reagan was a racist pig. He was forced to sign it into law by veto proof majority vote of
Zorra
Jan 2014
#15
He had to, any veto would have been over-ridden by Congress, they had the votes to do it.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#22
Yet, the deification of Saint Ronnie proceeds post-haste like: what a swell fella
indepat
Jan 2014
#25
Sitting next to the guy who's son Neil was scheduled to have dinner with Hinckley's brother Scott
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#23
Funny how that DOE inquiry into crude oil price manipulation the Hinckley family-owned Vanderbilt
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#27
Even people who've followed the case for decades are shocked to learn about that one...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#36
holy crap. but this is grotesque. Ed Meese was a special kind of demon.
nashville_brook
Jan 2014
#31