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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 417910" data-attributes="member: 57984">Maybe. But one has to remember the political zeitgeist in America in the early-to-mid-'80s. Reagan was seen as a god -- even amongst many Democrats. And speaking out against him, although not exactly dangerous physically, was considered shocking, inexplicable and blasphemous.Even the liberalism that remained (and "liberal" became a dirty word) was muted and deferential.So, yeah, Asner's outspoken left-leaning tendencies, openly criticizing The Gipper's policies, probably rang the death knell to a series always in the middle of the ratings anyway.</blockquote>