I did this video about Ronald Reagan

[zulchzulu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBx5-alXisY

Do I like Ronnie? No.

Do I understand what Obama said when he said the Democrats need a unifying leader like Reagan (not his policies) to start a progressive movement? Yes.

Do I understand why some people and candidates want to misrepresent what Obama was saying about the need for the Democrats to have a unifying leader (not his policies) like Reagan? Um...no.

Enjoy the video.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Using Reagan as an example of what we should follow for unification....

... is like using Hitler as an example of how we should handle our country's foreign affairs to build up our pride and self-confidence in this world.

[AGirl]

2. "individual responsibilty", "personal responsibility"

"excesses of the 1960s and 1970s"

"the government has grown and grown"

[goodgd_yall]

14. I'm wondering what he means by "excesses of the 1960s and 1970s"

It sounds like Republican claptrap---I can only think he may mean spending on welfare and other programs for the poor. Or did he mean those crazy protesters? Or maybe it was those damn hippies smoking pot and making love not war? OR, could it possibly be the excess freedom that women and minorities were being given?

[AGirl]

15. he also said we focused on only one or two issues during those time

[jpgray]

3. But you can't separate out Reagan's electoral success from his policies

Each aided and abetted the other. Corporate corruption, demonization of Jimmy Carter, praise for and appeal to authoritarianism--all these played a major role in making his "hope" and "optimism" campaign a success. It wasn't just "hope" "optimism" in isolation, and pretending it was is rather dishonest.

[Onlooker]

4. That's great!

Haunting, of course, to be reminded of so many of his evil deeds. What an awful man he was. Eventually, he'll be remembered that way, but for now the white male establishment (and Senator Obama) can continue to protect his name.

[indimuse]

5. I am NOT watch the video!

:grr:Why? Because I am so tired of Obama fan trying to explain what Obama mean/said! BS! enough! Obama is NOT the candidate for CHANGE! Obama is a primadonna..he need to sacrifice a bit and get dirty...((and I don't mean Chicago style)), He need sto STOP trying to wear DEAD MEN'S SHOES... Put his NIKES on hit the streets and WALK THE WALK!!!! :grr:NO service background...NO senate background.. NO Arrest marching to STOP the WAR background....NO Governorship Background..NO Voting Background... WHO IS OBAMA?????? Where has he been ...really...? What GREAT Legislation has he EVER WRITTEN and got passed??? Where does he STAND...? ON A STAGE!! OPARAH put him on!!!:rant:

[durrrty libby]

6. Ha Dems playing with and watching videos of Reagan. What a joker

:scared: :nuke: :scared: :nuke: :scared: :nuke:

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Serious and pertinent question: how old are you? n/t

[durrrty libby]

8. "I did this video about Ronald Reagan" Oh really? You did?

You have commented under your name multiple times but the creator is milliniumjoe

You even commented directly to him

Multiple personalities or just a run of the mill non-truth teller?

[zulchzulu]

20. It's called "marketing"

:rofl:

[flpoljunkie]

9. Remember it was and is called the "Reagan Revolution"--not my kind of revolution, not Obama's!

[robbedvoter]

10. Reagan offered Americans a sense of common purpose that liberals seemed no longer able to muster."

Obama - Audacity of Hope - p 32

[SaveElmer]

11. You made it...really? Are you sure?

Looks like someone named milliniumjoe made it...

And you left comments under your DU name...

Really? You made it?

[durrrty libby]

12. Weird huh? I asked too but so far no answer. Hmmmm

I even gave it a rec so all could see zuzu's great talent

[zulchzulu]

16. Yup

I did it in Flash, did the music, did the VO and exported as an MP4 video. I'm not happy with the kerning, but it got the message across. I love how the freeps comment on it...

Here's the original Flash animation with lyrics and an MP3 link:
http://www.awolcowboy.com/reagan/

I did it in 2004 after Reagan died and I was sick and tired of the lovefest....

[William769]

17. Can you please explain the difference in the names?

[zulchzulu]

18. Well...

I have multiple accounts on YouTube. ZZ is just a name here based on a brief lyric from Frank Zappa and my favorite Mardi Gras krewe when I lived in New Orleans. The other name was a nickname given to me by people in a band I was in.

[William769]

19. Thanks for the response.

[goodgd_yall]

13. Obama is seeing himself as part of a new trajectory

The problem with what he said is his positive spin on why Reagan was elected. "Clarity, optimism...accountability" and earlier he stated people wanted to get away from the "excesses of the 60s and 70s" (what? like an expansion of civil rights for all and war protests? Or does he mean spending money on poor people?). The trajectory was one away from civil rights and away from the poor. During Reagan's years we supported Guatemala as they committed genocide against its native population and we trained rebels to fight against the elected government of Nicaragua. THen we had that stupid war in Grenada, fought under the premise of saving American students who were living there.

Go on, you all, believe the crap that has been dished out about the golden Reagan years. Obama couldn't possibly have committed a faux pas, or could he?

[madfloridian]

21. Well done, zulch....may I post it in the videos section here?

That's the Ronnie I remember.

[zulchzulu]

22. I think it's there...otherwise have at it!

:thumbsup:

[madfloridian]

24. Yep, it's there. It was posted in February.

It is really a good one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x15457

[zulchzulu]

26. Thanks

It was fun...

[madfloridian]

23. Remember Ronnie's famous words??

'I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."

He said they were words of which to beware.

He thought government should play no role in helping the people.

[zulchzulu]

25. The words...

The verbage is:

Thanks Ron
for the War on Drugs
for the Iran-Contra scandal
for the BCCI scandal
for the Pentagon procurement scandal
for backing and arming Saddam Hussein
for funding and training Osama bin Laden
for that boondoggle "Star Wars"
for getting the Religous Right to take over the Republican Party
for being responsible for "trickle-down" economics
for hiring Oliver North
for hiring James Watt
for hiring John Poindexter
for hiring Alexander Haig
for hiring George H. Bush
for firing 12,000 striking air traffic controllers and beginning the weakening of unions
for not giving a shit about your own family but for "family values"
for being a star in "Bedtime for Bonzo" and other crappy movies
for appointing William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia
for invading the evil island of Granada
for trying to make abortion illegal
for being first to cut taxes by 60% for the top 1% of the wealthy
for being first to increase spending by 80% in only 8 years
for being first to double the deficit
for having home loan interest rates as high as 16%
for being the first to have over 100 members of his administration charged with felonies and other crimes
for uttering the phrase "evil empire"
for calling Berkeley anti-war protesters "campus malcontents and filthy speech advocates"
for uttering the words "welfare queens"
for telling us that "trees pollute"
for releasing mental patients in 1984 and starting a huge homeless problem in the US
for making people believe that you were actually a good leader
for the dead Marines in Lebanon
for saying we would not cut and run in Lebanon before you cut and ran
for telling us that ketchup is a vegetable
for being first to testify under oath 130 times that "I don't remember"
for being number one for farm foreclosures, bank failures and Savings and Loan failures
for being the first president to have been divorced
for being first to nearly triple the national debt
for falling asleep while visiting the Pope
for pushing for mandatory prayer in public schools
for having 6 letters for his first name, 6 letters for his middle name and 6 letters for his last name

[Rock_Garden]

27. A new trajectory? No, a new ejectory.