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Here’s Ronald Reagan, the “patron saint” of today’s conservative movement, sharing his thoughts on the importance of labor unions and collective bargaining in free societies. Discuss.

Listen to what former Republican President Ronald Reagan, the patron saint of conservatives, has to say about the propensity of Congress for bringing the government “to the edge of default before facing its responsibility.” Ronald Reagan’s comments in 1987 about Congress could certainly be applied to today’s Congressional Republicans.

Referencing the fact that the federal debt didn’t decrease under both Presidents Bush, here’s what far-right conservative blogger Randy Hollenbeck said: P.S. -You on the left, I know you don’t and cannot understand this, but both President Bushes were not Conservatives, but they were Republicans. Interestingly, Hollenbeck didn’t include Ronald…

During his 20 minute telephone call with a man he thought was David Koch, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker compared his efforts to break Wisconsin’s public employee unions with former President Ronald Reagan’s actions in response to a strike by air traffic controllers, but what Gov. Walker seems not to realize…

“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.’

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hardly a surprise to of our regulars…and I don’t feel I need to go into much detail…other than she is the only candidate on the ballot remotely qualified to be President of the United States. But I would like to add this. I of course disagreed with the positions and…