http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/08/bill-maher-ronald-reagan-no-different-than-todays-tea-party-video/
i saw this last night as i'm sure many of you did, so for those who didn't check it out.
Bill Maher started his New Rule with a quote from a Bob Dole interview. Dole said the Republican Party had become a party of idea-free ideologues who obstructed too much. He also stated that Ronald Reagan himself could not have made it as a Republican. Bill Maher took exception to that statement. In fact, Maher laid out a pretty detailed, factual observation that would lead anyone to come to the conclusion that Reagan was pretty much the pre-incarnation of the Tea Party.
Bill Maher: Ronald Reagan was an anti-government, union busting, race baiting, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-intellectual who cut rich people’s taxes in half, had an incurable case of the military industrial complex, and said Medicare was socialism that would destroy our freedom. It sounds to me like he would fit in just fine.Even though Reagan did a few things today’s GOP would not like, he wrote the playbook for them for every issue of consequence. Sure he raised taxes a few times, but when you look at where he started with taxes and where he ended, this is where our income inequality problems began. He invented voodoo economics. …On race his ideas couldn’t be more ‘Tea Party.’ He ran on states’ rights. He invented the notion that black people get all the breaks. …He described the New Deal as Fascism, Medicaid recipients as waiting for handouts, unemployment insurance as prepaid vacation for freeloaders. When they hold up signs that say no socialized medicine, where do you think they got it from? …
he says some things i don't agree with in regard to Pres. but over all he's on the one. comedic reality is the most influential kind you will remember if nothing more because of the humor.
Bill Maher did what few in today’s media are willing to do. He disregarded Ronald Reagan’s very amiable characteristics and tone, concentrating entirely on his campaigning method and policies. Most importantly, Maher points out that the genesis of the path back to exploding inequality was a direct result of Ronald Reagan’s policies. Holding him in high regard is an affront to the poor and middle class.
the republican used to drag his dead carcass out and hoist him onto the their shoulders and re crown him king of the rightys, that was until they heard from progressives that he raised taxes, "COMPROMISED" and then he kinda resided on the back burner for awhile guess they thought we forgot with this latest comparison. leaping to gain ground before spotting the hole in the landing spot.
