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I like the mention of declining educational standards the no one has ever, ever been able to demonstrate using anything more than anecdotal evidence and nostalgic memory. <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp">http://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit...

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I think you mean "holding those cakes we like and carrying a bibble."

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He <i>did</i> mention Gerald Ford's NIM button -- No Immediate Miracles. Wait. What? I've been wearing it upside down all these years?!

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Now you shut your mouth. Don't you dare besmirch Reagan's faith-based economics.

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Reagan's <i>i'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!</i> outburst in the 1980 Rethug primaries tells you all you need to know about Reagan's legacy in American politics.

First of all, the Kochs paid for the microphone, so fuck this democracy noise. Second, the moderator's name was Jon <i>Breen</i>, but facts are just details. Thirty-four years later, we are still cleaning up the elephant shit.

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Also according to Corinthians, somebody has to interpret: "But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church". I think interpreting in a Pentecostal church would be a challenging job: "could you babble a little slower, please, brother?"

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I never could have made it as a pious bible-thumper for one simple reason: I have never been able to resist The Temptations.

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WMW?

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I find it even more disturbing than the Paula Deen pic.

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Praise the Sweet Bleeding Heart of our Lord and Savior.

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<i>sadly, there’s no mention of Gerald Ford’s WIN buttons</i>

I guess when history is your enemy, the best you can do is lie about it.

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and eating a chicken sandwich.

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Also left unmentioned is the fact that "Christian schools" does not refer to the already-extant schools run by the Catholic church (who are of course, not "Bible-believers") and already maintained standards well above those of the public schools.

Academically, I mean. Socially speaking, it's pretty likely they had black students.

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Perception is Reaganality.

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Catholics, Mormons, and numerous non-Charismatic Protestants joined this vaguely religious crusade for morality. One of the most controversial was Baptist pastor Elmer Gantry of Virginia, who…utilized snake oil and fear to promote his cause.

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The American people have since learned that Nancy Reagan performed very patriotic fellatio.

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