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Obama More Popular Than Reagan At This Point In His Presidency

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

Polls show that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the upcoming election than Democrats, adding urgency to the mission of motivating Democrats. Obama would be a powerful pitchman within the party: Obama’s 83 percent job approval rating … [Read more...]

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Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

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How do the Democrats divide in Massachusetts?

March 17, 2012 By trueprogressive18

This may come as a surprise to the out of stater conservatives(not that they are reading our blog) who think Massachusetts is full of organic-eating, American-hating, gay-loving, chesse-eating surrender monkey, commies who can't relate to … [Read more...]

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Speaks for itself

October 4, 2011 By liveandletlive

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Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, fair taxation, ronald-reagan, tax-loopholes

Remember when the USA was #1, in education, innovation, and infrastructure, and why?

August 7, 2010 By AmberPaw

Rate charts for the Income Tax going back to the age of greatness for this country When the USA was #1 in infrastructure, #1 in college graduates, #1 in technical innovation, and #1 in gross national product the maximum income tax rate was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: eisenhower, income-tax, interstates, progressive-taxation, public-higher-education, ronald-reagan

Yes We Can!

January 1, 2009 By soffner

In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected president.  He proclaimed that it was "morning in America".  He then proceeded to ignore every long term problem facing the country and the world, while busting unions, doubling the military … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailout, barack-obama, global-warming, iraq, national, renewable-energy, ronald-reagan, single-payer-health-care

Breaking: Ronald Reagan Endorses Obama!

October 29, 2008 By tblade

Through the magic of imaginative YouTube editing, of course.  This video may not be "accurate", but I'm sure it will rub wrong some Reagan disciples, which makes it doubly entertaining. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, barack-obama, elections, humor, obama, reagan, ronald-reagan, video

It’s Now Dirt Nap Time In America

March 31, 2008 By jtdgarlic

Included in his highlights was creating an ad for Crocker Bank, and with it a song that, a few years later, became a #1 hit for The Carpenters; "We've Only Just Begun" is The Carpenters' signature song. Although it was recorded in early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ad-man, bartle-and-jaymes, crocker-bank, ernest-and-julio-gallo, hal-riney, morning-in-america, national, obituaries, ronald-reagan, satire, the-carpenters, we-only-just-begun, wine-coolers

Best-of-Day! … Crimmins and Rich

January 21, 2008 By jtdgarlic

So, to kick it off, we turn to someone very familiar, and many times featured on the pages of The Garlic, satirist Barry Crimmins, who takes away the Best Line of the Day; "Either Giuliani is waiting for the heat to blow over concerning … [Read more...]

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Just Say “Oh No”! …

January 17, 2008 By jtdgarlic

"I don't want to present myself as some sort of singular figure.  I think part of what's different are the times.  I do think that for example the 1980 was different.  I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-presidential-race, barack-obama, bedtime-for-bonzo, contract-on-america, iran-contra-scandal, morning-in-america, nancy-reagans-just-say-no, national, ronald-reagan, states-rights

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