# In which the current preponderance of Ronald Reagan threads is pitted **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926 "2004-06-06T06:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/21 "2004-06-06T15:13:58Z")
One news excerpt said, “Democrats say he ran up the national debt.” Democrats don’t SAY he ran up the national debt. He DID run up the national debt. Are even the most fundamental of factual observations now presented as partisan sniping? Will, in some 30 or 40 years, Democrats “say” that the late president Bush went to war in Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/22 "2004-06-06T15:31:00Z")
Don’t even get me started. When Nixon died, all anyone wanted to talk about was how he went to China. Some news outlets admitted that he was the only US President to resign, but I don’t remember a single one explaining WHY. “The Great Communicator.” Hmmmph. More like “The President Who Made It Clear That Good Spin Renders Truth Irrelevant.” ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/23 "2004-06-06T16:03:29Z")
Actually I’m a bit surprised that **Eve** hasn’t done her usual obit thread. She _does_ do all the obscure actors and actresses, doesn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/24 "2004-06-06T16:09:15Z")
> [@cheddarsnax](#): > > Then they showed him personally destroying the Berlin Wall. REAGAN SMASH! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/25 "2004-06-06T16:43:03Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > Actually I’m a bit surprised that **Eve** hasn’t done her usual obit thread. She _does_ do all the obscure actors and actresses, doesn’t she? Yes, but obsure does not equal third rate. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/26 "2004-06-06T16:50:43Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > Are they expecting the entire house to slide aside and reveal a field of nuclear launch tubes as a final farewell to the reds in Russia? I have to admit, that would be pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/27 "2004-06-06T17:00:44Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Eve summed it up pretty well. The board’s about to go down, so I’ll paraphrase as best I can You forgot, ATMB: “How can I filter out all these Uvula Gladwyne threads?” ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/28 "2004-06-06T20:31:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > REAGAN SMASH! Heh. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/29 "2004-06-06T20:43:40Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > Democrats don’t SAY he ran up the national debt. He DID run up the national debt. Are even the most fundamental of factual observations now presented as partisan sniping? Will, in some 30 or 40 years, Democrats “say” that the late president Bush went to war in Iraq? It’s the new news. Nobody actually _does_ anything anymore; they _say_ they did something, or somebody _says_ they did something. This way it’s less biased, because how can there be bias when nobody ever does anything? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/30 "2004-06-06T20:59:32Z")
> [@cheddarsnax](#): > > It’s the new news. Nobody actually _does_ anything anymore; they _say_ they did something, or somebody _says_ they did something. This way it’s less biased, because how can there be bias when nobody ever does anything? The problem is, most reporters don’t know enough to call a lie a lie, and those who do, don’t have the balls to do it. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/31 "2004-06-06T23:05:08Z")
The scheduled topic for _60 Minutes_ tonight was “An FBI whistleblower says that the unit translating information from terrorism suspects deliberately slowed the process,” which sounded like a potentially big story worth tuning in to see. It was replaced by the oh-so important retrospective on Reagan’s life. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/32 "2004-06-07T15:50:16Z")
Reagan Still Dead Sorry, but it was too tempting to resist… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/33 "2004-06-07T18:21:19Z")
Saturday I was driving up to my S.O.'s house and trying to get the traffic report on WBBM-AM in Chicago (“Weather and Traffic on the Eights!”) 4:00 - 4:20 Special report on the death of Ronald Regan (no traffic at 4:08 or 4:18). 4:20 - 4:30 Local reaction to death of Ronald Regan (no 4:28 traffic) 4:30 - 4:35 Special report on the death of Ronald Regan 4:38 - TRAFFIC REPORT!! Followed by the announcement of a special report on the death of Ronald Regan at 4:45 4:45 - 5:00 Special report on the death of Ronald Regan 5:00 - ?? Special report on the death of Ronald Regan (but at least I finally got to my destination). And interestingly enough, at each report he was still dead. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926/34 "2004-06-07T18:56:01Z")
Heh. I’m ironically reminded of the SNL “Buckwheat is dead” spoof with the breaking news anchors every ten minutes, which coincidentally was spoofing Reagan’s shooting at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-current-preponderance-of-ronald-reagan-threads-is-pitted/248926.md?page=1)