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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 8/12/2012 6:21 PM, 3142 Dead wrote:   
   > On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:33:53 -0700, sms88 wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/12/2012 3:34 PM, 3142 Dead wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And would be furious with you for mocking Reagan's legacy by dwelling   
   >>> on those little uncharacteristic items that were doubtlessly forced on   
   >>> him by communists, Mexicans, atheists and Hollywood.   
   >>   
   >> While Reagan pandered the the religious right in order to get elected,   
   >> he never was one of them, he was not religious and rarely went to   
   >> church, he never bought into their social agenda of hate and   
   >> intolerance, and did little to advance it. W, on the other hand both   
   >> pandered to them, and helped advance their agenda. Obama's been able to   
   >> undo some of the damage but there's still a lot more to do.   
   >>   
   >> The real Reagan was not a hateful person, he was actually quite   
   >> tolerant, and was a progressive. Some gays are upset at Reagan because   
   >> he did little in terms of proposing funding for HIV/AIDS research.   
   >   
   > Reagan wasn't above race-pandering, such as his "welfare Cadillac   
   > mother"--an entity that never actually existed.  He could be very mean-   
   > spirited when it suited him.  And of course, he was a facile liar,   
   > although that sort of comes with the turf in politics.  And he wasn't   
   > very bright.   
      
   Reagan was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's through his   
   presidency. Many of the things he said were as a result of that.   
      
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