In which the current preponderance of Ronald Reagan threads is pitted

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?

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.”

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?

REAGAN SMASH!

Yes, but obsure does not equal third rate.

I have to admit, that would be pretty cool.

You forgot,

ATMB: “How can I filter out all these Uvula Gladwyne threads?”

Heh.

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.

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.

Reagan Still Dead
Sorry, but it was too tempting to resist… :wink:

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.

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.