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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Reagan and Alternatives:re to jj
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 13:36:55 EST
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> From jj: 
> You know, Tim, over the years you've blamed Reagan for a lot
> of things. No, make that EVERYthing.
> It's very interesting how you are very careful to not acknowledge
> when Reagan does something you agree with, now isn't it, or is it perhaps
> that you don't notice, since you know beyond any shadow of a doubt that
> the man is evil beyond imagnination?  
> 
> (ihnp4;allegra;research)!alice!jj


1) It is simply untrue that I have *never* praised Reagan for
   anything.  I noted last year that I was shocked at the
   Treasury I tax reform plan because it seemed to be a very
   good tax reform which I could support.  I have also praised
   Reagan at other times, when I thought praise was deserved.
   Unfortunately those times have been very few.
 
2)Obviously Reagan is *not* responsible for everything nor even
  for all the bad things done by his Administration.  While
  Reagan may wholeheartedly support many horrible policies,
  it is other conservative groups and extreme right-wingers
  who provide the legions in his army.  For example, the
  Committee to Promote the Future Danger was very successful
  in mobilizing the Military-Industrial Complex against the
  SALT II agreement and convincing the public that the Soviets
  had achieved some sort of strategic superiority.  They
  helped create the public climate in which a militarist like
  Reagan could be elected.  But Reagan is the public symbol
  of these policies.  So long as he retains popularity he
  and his staff argue his policies should be supported.
  I am determined to see that they are *not* supported.
  To do so requires pointing out Reagan for what he is:
  namely a pathological liar.  Reagan certainly *IS* responsible
  for his own lies and distortions and for his own budgets.
  Congress shares the blame for passing the 1981 tax giveaway
  bonanza and largely approving $1.2 trillion for the military.
  But it is absurd to argue, as Reagan himself and his defenders
  have tried to, that he shares no responsibility for the
  current monstrous deficits or the current acceleration in	
  the nuclear arms race.  Reagan is the first President in
  20 years to achieve absolutely NO arms control agreements.
  During his 5 years the Soviets have deployed hundreds of
  new nuclear weapons - are we safer?
  He has piled up more debt than all previous Presidents 
  combined.  Should he be absolved from any responsibility
  for such results?
  
          tim sevener   whuxn!orb