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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 01:03 PM
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9. Exactly. K&R.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 01:07 PM by lumberjack_jeff
A tactically brilliant politician may be someone to study tactically, but if he's the author of disastrous policy, he's not someone to emulate or deify.

Unless, of course, you don't think his policies are all that bad. Personally, I can do without Democratic candidates who think that Reaganism was okay.

... but it goes beyond symbolism. Is a successful car salesman going to use the profits he's accumulated for the dealership as a selling point to his clients?

Reagan successfully manipulated the voters through appeals to their most base instincts. I don't see anything to admire, except his political success.

"Vote for Me! I'm as skillful in getting your vote as Benito Mussolini!"
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