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Now, I don't consider Reagan's imprimatur on anything particularly swaying, but the official Republican hagiography still has him as the Biggest Influence of Forever, and All-Time American Patriot Hero, and claiming you're … Continue reading “That Notorious Anti-American, Ronald Reagan”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6018,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/06\/reagan.html","url_meta":{"origin":31898,"position":0},"title":"Reagan","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 6-Jun-04 8:01am","format":false,"excerpt":"I met Ronald Reagan once, during his \"wilderness years\" between the California governorship and the presidency. As part of some high school speech contest or another, he spoke at a...","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"Reagan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/photos\/NY14306060413-small.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26548,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/thank-goodness-ronald-reagan-ushered-in-an-era-of-law-and-order.html","url_meta":{"origin":31898,"position":1},"title":"Thank goodness Ronald Reagan ushered in an era of law and order","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Feb-12 3:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"And privatized prisons and \"three strikes and you're out\" and War on Drugs and ... #ddtbReshared post from +Occupy UniversityOccupy the Industrial Prison ComplexThe statistics don't lie. Just a few years after changing the traditional 'philosophy of business', profiteering off crime became acceptable. Today the US with 5% of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30242,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/and-people-tell-me-the-gop-hasnt-changed.html","url_meta":{"origin":31898,"position":2},"title":""And people tell me the GOP hasn't changed"","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Sep-12 12:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Of course, neither Reagan nor Bush, Sr, would be welcome in Republican campaign politics today. Embedded Link Quotes For The Day \"This is the time for us as a nation and a people to stand united,' - Ronald Reagan, Republican candidate, after president Carter's botched mission to save US hostages.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13648,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/31\/ken_duberstein_for_barack.html","url_meta":{"origin":31898,"position":3},"title":"Ken Duberstein for Barack Obama","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 31-Oct-08 5:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One of\u00a0Ronald Reagan's closest aides\u00a0is voting for Barack Obama. Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30686,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/on-tip-and-gip-and-fighting-and-cooperation.html","url_meta":{"origin":31898,"position":4},"title":"On Tip and Gip and fighting and cooperation","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Oct-12 2:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting look back on Reagan and O'Neill by the latter's son. Embedded Link Frenemies: A Love Story Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan fought tooth and nail - until the American people needed compromise. 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