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My response to those that bash Reagan is a simple one that shocks them to silence....

"At least he kept his pants on in the Oval Office"

No one has said a word back since : )

BTW I have ended a friendship since Reagan's passing. I put up with a friends liberal BS for over a decade and I finally had it when she called me last Sunday night to tell me she was glad Reagan was dead. That was the final straw.

OMG! You don't need that kind of person in your life!

BTW I have ended a friendship since Reagan's passing. I put up with a friends liberal BS for over a decade and I finally had it when she called me last Sunday night to tell me she was glad Reagan was dead. That was the final straw.

I don't blame you!

BTW I have ended a friendship since Reagan's passing. I put up with a friends liberal BS for over a decade and I finally had it when she called me last Sunday night to tell me she was glad Reagan was dead. That was the final straw.

We have a new neighbor that thinks Carter and Clinton were the best Presidents she's voted for. After I heard that, she and her husband will never be welcomed in our house; at least not by me. Of course, my wife has veto power, but she knows how I feel about traitors.

"....when she called me last Sunday night to tell me she was glad Reagan was dead."

Sounds like your (ex)friend was trying to provoke you. In any case, people who celebrate the death of another human being do not make good friendship candidates.

"BTW I have ended a friendship since Reagan's passing."

I have too.

I don't know if anyone has started a thread (posted a vanity?) about this phenomenon. I'd be interested in how many Freepers have cut ties with someone (short OR long term relationship) because of politics/ideology.

I broke off a two-year relationship with a girlfriend when, in the first week of September, 2001, she berated me for my criticism of Islam (I called them "raghead terrorists" - little did I know what would happen next). She held the view that Islam represented the "evolution of religion" and that most of the worlds ills could be traced to Christianity.

More recently, I have walked away from a friendship (6+ years). My buddy was intrigued by my politics, and (I believe) held hope that he could "lure me away" from the "evil" of conservatism. He became frustrated when, quite to the contrary, I have become more vocal about the differences between right vs left (AKA right vs wrong!). The final straw came when he presented me with a Michael Moore video for Xmas. He got indignant when I "forgot" the video as I left his house (I know - I should have just taken it with me and tossed it away later), and belligerent when I told him the truth (MM is a scum-bag, and anyone who would buy into his crap is a moron!). We haven't spoken since.