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name: Beanie
age: 35
email: bbbeans@yahoo.com


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Screaming Bean
Monday, June 07, 2004

After watching a weekend of tributes to the late President Reagan, I've tried to reconcile how I feel about it all. I grew up in the 80's. Being a precocious child I was well aware of what was going on in the country. I lived in a blue-collar union family with a stay-at-home mother who thought Carter was one of our most intelligent presidents. It's funny how time proved her right. Reagan was an actor. He was charismatic, well-spoken, and surrounded by good people. He's what Dubya wants to be. Sadly, he has neither the presence nor the humor to pull it off. However, given the timing of all of this I fear for what the campaign may turn into. Dubya is going to try to raise the dropped banner of compassionate conservativism, trickle-down economics, and a new day for America. Hopefully, Kerry doesn't crumble like Mondale did. One of my most vivid memories of childhood was watching the election returns the night Reagan won his second term and watching the election night map turn one color from coast to coast. I had this sinking feeling of dread for my family. I didn't even know why. I was 9. I am not going to say Reagan was a horrible president, the man is dead. However, his legacy is not nearly as glorious and glossy as the press is reminding everyone. Just ask all the air traffic controllers who lost their jobs because of him, and worse, the Iran-Contra affair. Time tends to allow you to forget the bad in place of the good. My memory is a little better than most, and I try not to forget.

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