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From: tos@psc70.UUCP (Dr.Schlesinger)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Reagan and Alternatives:re to jj
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 06:17:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 06:17:41 1986
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Organization: Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
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    It is common knowledge among reporters and even many of Reagan's
own people that Reagan throughout his political career has told
anecdotes and cited Reader's Digest and Human Events tales, which
purport to quote Lenin, refer to supposed welfare disasters, etc.
Hundreds of these have been researched and found to be lies. In most
cases Reagan has continued to use them after being informed they were
untrue. An entire book of them has been published, with citations,
titled **Reign of Error** I believe, and unfortunately I can't recall
author at this moment. In any case, Reagan's whoppers are surely not
differences of opinion or of viewpoint. The man not only has lied his
entire life, but knows that his professional actor's presence sells
the lines just as any script is made convincing to the audience. And
I've come to the conclusion that this is why the American people love
him so much: the one thing they can't stand is being told the truth
when it reflects unpleasantly upon themselves. And perhaps that
applies to all people and is therefore an Achilles heel of democracy.


Tom Schlesinger
Plymouth State College
Plymouth, N.H. 03264
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