Re: My recommendation for "Quote of the week" (was: Re: Ronald Reagan confesses: "I have Alzheimer's.")

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From: Peter R Cook
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 17:34

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lewis@lumina.mitre.org (Spud Demon) writes:

>fredw@mcdata.com (Yabba Dabba Dude) writes in article <Czzp15.Lr9@mcdata.com> dated Mon, 28 Nov 1994 18:07:53 GMT:
>>* Greatest economic expansion since WWII.   FACT

>On borrowed money.
>Thank you, Ronnie, for record-setting peacetime budget deficits.

	Not fact.

>>* Restored military strength & morale.   FACT

>Restored military arrogance.  
>Thank you, Ronnie, for Tailhook and Iran-Contra.

	Your opinion, not fact.

>>* Ended cold war with help of star-wars trump card.   FACT

>I'm sure Mikhail's idealism had nothing to do with Glasnost/Peristroika.
>Thank you, Ronnie, for scaring that wimp Gorbechev into doing the right thing.

	No, it didn't have a thing to do with it. Read "Victory".
 
>>* Strong leadership, no waffling.    FACT

>Translation:  Won't listen to reason once he's got his mind made up.
>Thank you, Ronnie, for wasting more money on the War on Drugs than all
>previous administrations combined.

	OpinION, not fact.

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From: prc@world.std.com (Peter R Cook)
Subject: Re: My recommendation for "Quote of the week" (was: Re: Ronald Reagan confesses: "I have Alzheimer's.")
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