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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,100 posts) Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:50 PM Jun 30

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“In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here.”

-Ronald Wilson Reagan

`You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.”

-Ronald Wilson Reagan

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That's a veritable threefer DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #2

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We are discussing whether or not we are a creedal nation. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #4

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A creedal nation or a Blut and Boden Nation DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #8

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for fucks sake Kali Jun 30 #12

PREACH IT KALI Skittles Jun 30 #31

Are you saying some people are incapable of assimilating? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #13

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That's not what today's decision was about. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jun 30 #30

Thier behavior I_UndergroundPanther Jul 1 #34

Fall-atio[sic]??? Ronnie Raygun??? ultralite001 Jul 1 #43

What flavour pizza do you like? niyad Jun 30 #14

It was this flavor Cha Jun 30 #26

St. Ronnie Raygun was wrong in his statement about not becoming wnylib Jun 30 #6

He is saying being an American is larger and deeper DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #18

That might be what he meant but I don't agree. wnylib Jun 30 #24

I see your point. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #25

I beg to disagree. I am proud of my heritage. That doesn't mean we don't think of ourselves as 100% American. We Wonder Why Jun 30 #28

My mom's family left Russia after the Revolution of 1905 DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #29

I am lnot saying that there is no pride among immigrants and their wnylib Jun 30 #32

All of those nations have a naturalization process. paulkienitz Jun 30 #19

My friend moved to Vietnam years ago. JohnnyRingo Jul 1 #42

You know times are tough when Ronald Reagan quotes are being posted in a positive light on DU. Fil1957 Jun 30 #7

No kidding. calimary Jun 30 #9

Powerful endorsement of the sentiment we are a creedal nation and not a Blut and Boden one. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #10

I'm sure he was just reading his script. Scruffy1 Jul 1 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author BumRushDaShow Jun 30 #17

Ronald Reagan couldn't be elected with today's GOP progressoid Jun 30 #20

Today's MAGA Repigs would view R. Reagan as a liberal and, as you said, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 30 #21

For Lurking MAGAS: Dave Bowman Jun 30 #22

Thank you for posting this Vogon_Glory Jun 30 #23

I voted for Carter and Mondale, of course. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 30 #27

Well said. Thank you. WestMichRad Jun 30 #33

You're welcome. The source is immaterial. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 1 #35

MAGA don't care about Reagan. Try it, you can say bad things about him and they won't even blink LT Barclay Jul 1 #36

Well, we all know what a commie leftist pinko Reagan was. Right? Ray Bruns Jul 1 #37

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MAGA Influencers hate him because he didn't hate immigrants enough. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 1 #39

Peggy Noonan on that first one, I think. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 #41