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To: Dale Baker who wrote (11394)	6/7/2004 9:44:06 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

I am surprised no one is talking about how Reagan popularized and almost institutionalized the right-left demonization of American politics, encouraging the conservative third to hate the liberal third and try to jam their views down the throats of independents, instead of working together to build compromises we can all stand behind. Much of today's zealot-driven mania goes straight back to the grinning simpleton.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (11394)	6/7/2004 11:11:37 AM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

Dale, I agree with much of what you posted here. I am sad on a personal level for anyone dying or suffering like Reagan did - but he is hardly a hero to be worshipped. His policies on the mentally ill alone left tens of thousands of vulnerable people at risk or worse - all due to what he pushed through. And those people didn't have the financial resources that he had to fall back on either. I voted for him, once, but Reaganomics was a miserable failure, only corrected by Clintonomics (it's mirror opposite). One group tried to enrich the tiny minority - while one group ran the country to help everyone else - the other 99% - sound familiar today? It should as George W. tries the same failed policies. I doubt we would have people on the right gushing all over themselves if it had been Carter or Clinton that had died. It is truly over the top. t >> "The veneer of honor and respect painted across the legacy of Ronald Reagan is itself a myth of biblical proportions. The coverage proffered today of the Reagan legacy seldom mentions impropriety until the Iran/Contra scandal appears on the administration timeline. This sin of omission is vast. By the end of his term in office, some 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or investigated for misconduct and/or criminal activities.