He’s not even cold yet…

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…And here come the vultures.

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Mr. Bush’s advisers said Sunday that the intense focus on Mr. Reagan’s career that began upon the news of his death on Saturday would remind Americans of what Mr. Bush’s supporters have long described as the similarities between the two men as straight-talking, ideologically driven leaders with swagger and a fixed idea of what they wanted to do with their office.

“Americans are going to be focused on President Reagan for the next week,” said Ed Gillespie, the Republican national chairman. “The parallels are there. I don’t know how you miss them.”

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  1. 1)
    Don said on 6/7/2004 @ 10:57am PT: [Permalink]

    I don’t know why no one bring’s up about the air traffic controller’s being hung out to dry, and being Reagan was the actor’s big wheel and he turned his back on them too. As for bush, he is just a joke’ waiting to happen. Just remember people, if he should get reselected, the elderly, veterans, children, are all gonna be in a world of hurt, unless your rich.
    I feel bad for reagan death, but he is probably better off, rather than suffering, like he was.

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    Teddy said on 6/7/2004 @ 11:07am PT: [Permalink]

    Can’t argue with you, Brad. Using dead men for political gain is pretty offensive.

    I never liked Ed Gillespie. Now I know why…

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    Paul said on 6/8/2004 @ 5:59am PT: [Permalink]

    Don – I did mention the firings of the air traffic controllers on a previous blog. It was against the law to strike so Reagan fired them. It was the right thing to do. I know I know, you libs do not care about the rule of law – you have proven that over and over again.

    When Bush wins, he won’t be "selected" this time. But you still won’t be over Florida!

    Children, elderly, and veterans will hurt unless they are rich? What is your definition of rich?
    And what about people taking responsibility and taking care of themselves? Is government supposed to be a nipple to suck on?

    Jaime – Do you believe everything you read? Do you put your faith and trust in Larry Flynt? Can you liberals ever voice your opinions without using profanity?

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    Brad said on 6/8/2004 @ 8:28am PT: [Permalink]

    Paul ducked the truth again by saying:
    "I know I know, you libs do not care about the rule of law – you have proven that over and over again."

    He likes to say that. Notice he was unable to respond to the fact that Reagan’s administration BROKE THE RULE OF LAW by funding the Contras – which was explicitly illegal.

    But Paul only cares about The Rule of Law as it applies to Democrats.

    He is a good Fake Conservative, so retypes whatever he’s told by Rush.

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    jaime said on 6/8/2004 @ 8:13pm PT: [Permalink]

    Ask Bob Livingston how believable Larry Flynt is. Wait a minute a man who begins every thought by quoting Rush Limbaugh is questioning who I get my news from. So, who killed Vince Foster???? Hypocrite.

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    Paul said on 6/10/2004 @ 6:16am PT: [Permalink]

    > Reagan’s administration BROKE THE RULE OF LAW by funding the Contras – which was explicitly illegal.

    Reagan said he did not know about it. Then he accepted full responsibility. So, drop it would you?

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    Brad said on 6/10/2004 @ 7:25am PT: [Permalink]

    So he "accepted full responsibility" for breaking the Rule of Law. How did he do so? Did someone get fired? Did he face impeachment? Did he make any kind of "penance" for having broken the law in defiance of his oath to protect and defend the US Constitution?

    Face it, you only give a shit about "The Rule of Law" when it’s something you can cynically use to damage a political opponent.

    If Reagan didn’t know about such an enormous Foreign Policy initiative as NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS by GIVING THEM WEAPONS in exchange for ILLEGALLY FUNDING A POLITICAL MOVEMENT then he should have been removed from office for such dereliction of responsibility! Those things don’t happen without Presidents knowing about them…unless there is a Mutiny below him!

    And if there was, he was derelict in not ensuring that such mutineers were charged with the high crimes of hijacking state!

    But of course, you make excuses for him in your usual cynical and hypocritical way.

    On the other hand, a blow job? REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE!!!

    You’re transparent and pathetic, Paul, in everyone of your political views. You make Bill Clinton look like an upstanding individual and defender of morality and law and order by comparison.

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    chairmankc said on 6/14/2004 @ 6:31am PT: [Permalink]

    Bush is definitely trying to win one with the Gipper. I don’t know if I necessarily have a problem with Bush basking in the glow of a too-kind media spotlight on Reagan. I do know that I find it sad and silly that they continue to deny it.

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    NewInfo said on 7/15/2004 @ 9:11am PT: [Permalink]

    After reading the new Salon article on the Bush abortion, I have read various online articles on the issue. I didn’t know that the woman’s name was known. I’ve followed up with some rudimentary research of my own. While some Web sites propagate the idea that Bush impregnated a 15 year old girl, Robin Lowman Garner was in fact born in or around 1947, so she was only about a year younger than Bush, who was born in 1946. (She’s said to be 57 now.)

    The husband of Robin Garner, Jerry Lee Garner, is also 57. They appear to have at least one child, Jerry Lee Garner, Jr., 28 years old, born about 1976, five years after the abortion.

    One Web site said the couple live in San Antonio, but databases list them as living in Bourne, TX, (northwest of San Antonio) and Corpus Christi, TX. So they presumably live in Bourne and have a vacation house in Corpus Christi. Larry Flynt referred to the woman living today in Corpus Christi in a house worth half a million dollars. Whether she lives in one such house, or two, it’s a little difficult to believe that the woman jumped from working as a cocktail waitress to living in fancy real estate simply on the salary of an FBI agent such as her husband.

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