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To: koan who wrote (54721)	5/21/2009 12:45:08 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 149317

I wonder how many listen to us when we take this all back to Raygun. Randy Black writes: "From my personal experiences and from verified historical revelations and media coverage, Reagan was recruited, managed and coaxed onward and upward by a group of West Coast businessmen who ran Reagan like a race horse. He was an unemployed ex-governor who was in danger of losing his home when they picked him up, set up his financial affairs to the point that he became very wealthy and subsequently was elected President. But, Reagan had several unique qualities and talents: His reputation was that of a hero, his background was without a blemish and he could read his lines flawlessly. Was Nancy the “brains” of the outfit? Not really, although she is and was obviously an important part of the equation. Reagan’s kitchen cabinet were all strong proponents of the free enterprise system. His wealthy, conservative California backers included: William French Smith, Charles Wick, Holmes Tuttle, Leonard Firestone, Justin Dart, Henry Salvatore, Joseph Coors, and others (Rat added a few names from another source). I recall a couple of rounds of golf with Tuttle who explained the group’s backing of the actor, Reagan. Tuttle asked me, “Would you rather vote for a candidate who has spent his life in politics, has never really worked for a living, or created jobs in the private sector while clawing his way to the top and who is beholden to many other politicians for his success in Washington? (He was referring to LBJ as an example of such a politician.) Or would you rather have a candidate who is backed by very successful capitalists who have created dozens of companies and tens of thousands of jobs, people who know what it takes to attain success within our system?” A very reasonable question, I thought at the time… (The kitchen cabinet was made up of entrepreneurs, bankers, insurance types, automotive leaders, manufacturers, energy types.) As governor, Reagan was effective to a point. Here is an excerpt from one story: “Unable to make much progress cutting state government, Reagan pleased middle-class voters with a hard line "observe the rules or get out" against student protesters at the University of California's Berkeley campus. Reagan confronted protesters in front of news cameras. He fired University of California President Clark Kerr. He ridiculed campus radicals, saying one demonstrator "had a haircut like Tarzan, walked like Jane and smelled like Cheetah." To quell rioting in Berkeley in 1969, in which a student was killed by a law officer's shotgun blast, Reagan sent in the National Guard to occupy the city for 17 days. His image was one of toughness from the beginning. In 1967, he refused to stop the execution of convicted murderer Aaron Mitchell. More quietly, in the handful of other capital punishment decisions that reached him, he granted clemency and one temporary reprieve. wais.stanford.edu

To: koan who wrote (54721)	5/21/2009 12:54:02 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 149317

Yea, I guess I dont see how that precludes my premise, bwtfdik. DAK

To: koan who wrote (54721)	5/21/2009 8:21:33 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Amen brother Koan.. That is the absolute connected dot of the last 30 years. Everything has flowed from greed. All the wars and every initiative the neocon controlled GOP has advanced has had that one unifying goal. The transfer and focus of wealth into the fewest connected hands as possible. And they have been spectacularly successful. By convincing fools that they were protecting the country while they stole it blind, they may have succeeded in destroying America. To a great degree our survival in any realistic facsimile of the country we had before Reagan rests with Obama.