Concerned American
Diamond Member
As a result of REAGAN'S REPUBLICAN POLICIES. This guy drank too much Czech water growing up. But what do you expect--the Russians walked in and took that country overnight without firing a shot. Now he wants to allow China to do the exact same thing here. Czech tanks are the ones with rear view mirrors.“When, in the early 1990s, I first arrived in Washington, D.C. as a student from the newly free Czechoslovakia, the Republican party was a beacon of hope.”
Have to disagree.
There was nothing ‘hopeful’ about the GOP in the early 90s; this was the party of Reagan and Bush, the party of the Southern Strategy, a party hostile to privacy rights and gay Americans, the party of the intolerant, authoritarian religious right, a reactionary party looking backwards, a party seeking to turn back the clock on the progress made to ensure the rights and protected liberties of all Americans.
Yes, the GOP is much worse now than it was 30 years ago, but the rot was well underway starting with Reagan.
People coming from Eastern Europe have fond memories though of Reagan rigorously opposing the Soviets, and his tear down the wall speech in Germany.
While I agree with your assertion, I can sympathize with the authors political leanings, coming to America at that time, from that environment.