[lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan -- Killer, Coward, Conman

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jun 7 07:31:17 PDT 2004


Dennis Perrin wrote:


>This is pissing on an empty grave. The system remains -- R. was only in the
>PR office.

PR is fairly important, and RR was a pretty important historical figure. He transformed the image of American conservatism from someething marginal, cranky, and backward-looking into something revolutionary and optimistic. He managed to appropriate a lot of ideas long associated with the left and make the left in turn look cowardly and backward-looking. Of course he didn't do this alone, but he had a lot to do with it. There's a good reason the right admires him so deliriously.

Doug



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