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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Fuzzy heads?
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Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 13:43:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 13:43:39 1984
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> You 'fuzzy' headed liberals must always have your head in the sand.
> How could one even think of voting for Mondale.  Mondale has promised
> to raise your income tax.  This means less money in your pay check and
> less in mine.  His answer to all problems is to raise income taxes.

This sounds like the author (loral!rfs) would rather vote for the candidate
who tells him/her the most pleasant stories, regardless of their veracity, than
vote for the candidate who tells more realistic (perhaps) but less pleasant
stories.  Perhaps Mondale's biggest mistake was attempting to be realistic
with the American public instead of being peppy and charismatic and
concentrating on substance rather than image.

> RONALD REAGAN freed the
> american hostages held in Iran the day he took office. Iran knew it could
> "punch" the Carter/Mondale administration around but not Ronald Reagan so
> they let the hostages go the day (the hour) Reagan took over.

Funny how they still "punch" Reagan around in Lebanon (the Islamic Jihad
terrorists affiliated in part with Teheran).  They must have been real
scared.  Some people have interesting perceptions of the analysis of cause
and effect:  take an observed beneficial effect, and claim that something you
like was the cause.

> The Carter/Mondale administration 'let' two of our allies get over thrown by
> hostile governments.  Because of this the U.S. has had nothing but trouble
> from Iran and Nicaragwa.  Carter/Mondale almost let El Salvador get overtaken
> by communist rebels.  Ronald Reagan has stopped this trend.

Yeah, we should have helped the Shah and Somoza oppress more people more
efficiently.  When you engage in oppression, you foment rebellion, and when
someone else is perceived as helping your oppressor oppress you, you're likely
to side with their enemy.  We got what we deserved for our stupidity.
Stupidity that Reagan considers a national perogative.

> Ronald Reagan is a strong president.  Walter Mondale would be a "whimp".

I somehow knew that the crux of this person's argument was that he/she
perceives Reagan as strong (after viewing his movies no doubt), returning
this country to the glory it deserves, with macho marines off showing
everyone in the world who's boss.  Never mind that it DECREASES our prestige
in the world.  Never mind that it foments exactly what we're trying to stop.
What's more important is the bullshit of "national pride" felt by beer drinking
football watchers who need to feel macho.  Watch where it gets us, tough guys.
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