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Hallowed be his name, part III
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:35:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Particularly objectionable to Reagan’s sycophants was
CBS’s
choice not to include the scene in which the sacrosanct former President
multiplied the loaves and fishes, nor the part in which he created the world
in six days.
No doubt The Gipper’s apostles would have been just as outraged if CBS has
produced an unflattering portrayal of Clinton...
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Further efforts at deification are discussed
here. Note that
Souder isn’t trying to oust Washington or Lincoln but is instead hoping to
replace The New Deal President with the very icon of corporate politics.
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His corpse isn’t even cold yet, and already
the opportunists are circling.
Other initiatives include an Amendment to the Constitution enshrining Reagan as
The Greatest Human of All Time, the placing of statues in His image in every
public building in the land, the recommisioning of every Naval vessel in the
fleet as the USS Ronald Reagan, and the mandatory naming of every firstborn son.
Oddly enough, all the well-documented evidence of Reagan’s crimes and complicity
in crimes during his time in Office has turned out not to exist after all. The
whole Iran-Contra thing was dreamed up by the Clintons to distract media
attention away from Whitewhater.
Dave!
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| (...) This is absolutely the most absurd statement I have ever read here on LUGNET! Your memory must be as bad as Ollie North's. I can still vividly remember the outrage that I felt watching North's congressional testimony about Iran/Contra. His (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Further efforts at deification are discussed (URL) here.> Note that Souder isn't trying to oust Washington or Lincoln but is instead hoping to replace The New Deal President with the very icon of corporate politics. Dave! (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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