apologies simply has not earned my ear when it comes to sussing out political choices. Ronnie was elected in 1980, but you voted Republican 1976-1984 or 85.....
Perhaps your wisdoms kicked in late. You say you were fooled by 'Ronald Regan' smooth talking style, and persuasively smooth B.S' but I remember Reagan differently.
What Reagan said prior to his election to the presidency:
"If there has to be a bloodbath, then let's get it over with."
--Ronald Reagan (Governor of California), cited in the San Francisco Chronicle, early morning edition, May 15, 1969. (Reagan reveals how he intends to quell student protests in the city of Berkeley, California. Protesters were teargassed and fired upon with buckshot, killing one, blinding another, and wounding 128. Reagan would later declare a state of emergency in the city and send in 2,700 National Guard troops.)
"Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal."
--Ronald Reagan, cited in Time, May 17, 1976
"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."
--Ronald Reagan (Republican candidate for president), cited in the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press, February 15, 1980. (In reality, the average nuclear reactor generates 30 tons of radioactive waste per year.)
You found that to be 'smooth and persuasive? I remember Ronnie as a vicious governor and candidate. He was not 'smooth and persuasive' he spouted right wing stupidity, for years and years he was a known entity. You knew who and what you were voting for. They all did.
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