[lbo-talk] Ronnie & race

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>[Roger Wilkins on the Lehrer Snoozehour last night]
>
>ROGER WILKINS: Well, Reagan was an incredible combination of a person who 
>was very optimistic, upbeat, but underneath there were some really ugly 
>parts of his politics. ...
>
>He didn't cut the government; the military bloomed in his time. But 
>programs for poor people diminished entirely and America became a less 
>civilized and less decent place.

Base calumny!  I have it on good authority that the US is in fact 
incomparably more civilized than it was 40 years ago.

Carl

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