TANGENT SUNSET

COMMON CREEPS by Alex Cosper
REAGAN DEMOCRAT - He was a lifelong Democrat who voted for Reagan twice, believing that Reagan would "get government out of our lives." Unaware that deregulation favored big corporate interests, he still supports the working class over the upper class. In 1988 and 1992 he voted for Bush, giving him the benefit of the doubt for being Reagan's VP. In 1996 he reluctantly voted for Clinton, but gladly voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004 on the basis that there was still some connection with the Reagan era. Even though he supported all the government programs that Reagan did away with, and was disgusted by the Iran-Contra affair, he echoes the media mantra that Reagan "made people feel good about America again," admitting that it takes an entertaining President to put him in a positive mood about his country.

Reagan Democrat's favorite Tangent Sunset song: "Future's Nest"

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