Republican rhetoric on our national debt doesn’t match their history

From Harry S.Truman to Jimmy Carter, every U.S. president – Republican and Democrat – steadily paid down the debt our nation incurred during our fight against Germany, Japan, and the rest of the Axis powers in World War II, but that pattern came to an end during the presidency of…

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for the Reagan Republicans in the room…

“These gentlemen [Afgan Fighters] are the moral equivalents of America’s Founding Fathers” ~President Ronald Reagan 1985 ‘In 1982, Ronald Reagan dedicated the Space Shuttle Columbia to the resistance fighters [Taliban] in Afghanistan.’

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Here is why I never confuse republicans with conservatives….

In sum, there are zero historical examples of conservatives mobilizing to make the deficit smaller. What is true is that most conservatives oppose increases in non-military spending when those increases are proposed by Democratic presidents. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/07/conservatives-dont-care-about-the-deficit-4/

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We Need Another Reagan!?!?!?

More than once with the rise of the “tea” party and the new found conservatism of the Republican Party, that the one thing we need is another Reagan. Just as many of the “tea partiers” have no idea what the original Boston Tea Party was about, most modern day Republicans…

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I wonder if Fred Dooley thinks Reagan showed a lack of class

In discussing President Obama’s State of the Union address, wingnut Fred Dooley of the “Real Debate” Wisconsin blog expresses outrage that President Obama dared criticize the Supreme Court for the Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC: The simple fact is the President, Barack Oblame-A showed a complete lack…

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Obama v. Reagan

See any similarities in the approval ratings of Presidents Obama and Reagan during their first year(s) in office? As Yglesias noted, “Similar economic circumstances = similar results.” It’s worth noting President Reagan’s approval rating at the end of his second year in office was just a tick above 40%, yet…

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Here’s a candidate the GOP can get behind in 2012

Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP

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President attempts to indocrinate American schoolchildren

Listen as then-President Ronald Reagan spoke to American schoolchildren in 1988, and pay close attention as Reagan espouses traditional moral values, lower taxes, and smaller government, all of which just coincidentally happen to be key tenets of the conservative movement: I look forward to reading my conservative readers’ comments criticizing…

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Reagan opposed torture

Ronald Reagan, an idol to many conservatives, was opposed to torture. In fact, here’s what he said in his signing statement ratifying the UN Convention on Torture from 1984 (emphasis mine): “The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step…

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Governor Batman?

Holy election, Batman! Val Kilmer’s gonna run for governor of New Mexico! There was a Kilmer sighting in the Dirksen Senate Building today, and in interviews he’s made it clear he’s interested in running in 2010 to succeed Bill Richardson as governor of New Mexico. Here’s an interview with Kilmer:…

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