Ronald Reagan

“The same policy that led us, in countries like Poland, to champion the rights of the ordinary Poles, led us, in countries like Vietnam, to outdo the communists themselves at exterminating the peasantry. It became a monstrosity, that policy.”

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The '80s “empowered” icky crustaceans like Rush Limbaugh, Dinesh D'Souza, Al­lan Bloom, and Mary Matalin... ruminating on family values, the evil lifestyle of homosexuals, the glories of war, the absolute sanctity of money, and the mot­to of Republicans the world over: Admit Nothing, Blame Everybody, Be Bitter.

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“Improbable as it may seem, Michael Douglas currently commands a per-picture salary of some $15 million just to play That Evil White Guy You’re Always Com­plaining About.”

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The Right's leading lights shine warmly on left infiltrator John Rees. The FBI has called him “un­scrupulous” and the IRS says he was “a known con man.”

“Mikhail Gorbachev came to Geneva to field test the weaponry of pub­lic relations instead of the weaponry of war. He may not have met Reagan mis­sile for missile, but he beat him badly press event for press event”

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“Why isn’t the government doing more? The HUD report was Washington’s answer.”

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"Televisions blare from every room in the Chateau Marmont. Reagan's in surgery... Jim Brady's near death... Dan Rather's in tears. The coun­try's gone crazy. The world's about to col­lapse... And the Oscars have been postponed until tomorrow."

“The Reagan administration, rabid on the topic of the Russian threat, has escalated bellicose rhetoric to a level which quite simply terrifies people.”

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Back when Putin was an unknown KGB agent, the Soviet Union was already attacking the U.S. with soft power