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There is only one thing that is harder than getting elected to the office of the President of the US, and that is getting re-elected! After four years one has made tons of enemies by wielding such power.
Reagan did this, he not only won in his re-election but he won by landslide victory!! Funny how so many here voted that he was a horrible president and yet he had a huge amount of crossover voters from the Democrat party. No one can erase that from history but I don't doubt as the years pass that they will try. (is it even still told in the history books for public schools??)
And the current crackpot teabagger GOP wouldn't give him the time of day.
What makes you say that? The GOP should reduce the size, scope and spending by the Federal government and that is the main point of the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party. What is so wrong with that?
Before RR came along there really was a malaise. It wasn't just something that Carter manufactured out of his head. We had lost the Vietnam War only 6 years before, the first war we ever lost. We also had our first president in history who resigned. We had the Iran Hostage crisis and an attempted rescue was a fiasco, underscoring our national fecklessness. The generation coming of age at that time had been rife with druggies. With Reagan, the nation seemed to turn around.
Ronald Reagan slept through most of his occupancy in the White House. Altzheimers prevented him from doing much of anything.
Not sure who the puppet master was during those 2 terms, but whoever was running this country behind the scenes did a fair to poor job. The 1986 amnesty passed during Ronnies' term has resulted in the CFR disasterous state of affairs we are dealing with today.
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Reagan was horrible. He did not end the cold war - there were multiple things going on, and the Soviet Union was collapsing regardless. There is much to suggest that Reagan's tough talk may have actually extended the SU as it intensified rebellion inside the Kremlin.
His budgetary control was farcical, slashing taxes whilst increasing spending doing nothing but redistributing resources to the wealthiest. His administration ignored AIDS (even joking about it), was open to dealing with apartheid SA, and actually stated that ketchup was a vegetable.
The Iran-Contra should have been enough to send him to prison. Why on earth dome regard him as a good President is baffling. Reagan, Bush and the like are absolutely horrific for all but the smallest percentage of Americans.
Reagan was horrible. He did not end the cold war - there were multiple things going on, and the Soviet Union was collapsing regardless. There is much to suggest that Reagan's tough talk may have actually extended the SU as it intensified rebellion inside the Kremlin.
His budgetary control was farcical, slashing taxes whilst increasing spending doing nothing but redistributing resources to the wealthiest. His administration ignored AIDS (even joking about it), was open to dealing with apartheid SA, and actually stated that ketchup was a vegetable.
The Iran-Contra should have been enough to send him to prison. Why on earth dome regard him as a good President is baffling. Reagan, Bush and the like are absolutely horrific for all but the smallest percentage of Americans.
I feel the same way. Then again, when it comes to former US Presidents, revisionist history is the order of the day. Great post!
Ronald Reagan slept through most of his occupancy in the White House. Altzheimers prevented him from doing much of anything.
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As a follow-up to questions about Alzheimer’s, my extensive interviews with his White House doctors, key aides and others, I found no evidence that Mr. Reagan exhibited signs of dementia as president. The interviews did not include family members.
Not sure who the puppet master was during those 2 terms, but whoever was running this country behind the scenes did a fair to poor job. The 1986 amnesty passed during Ronnies' term has resulted in the CFR disasterous state of affairs we are dealing with today.
Further assumptions based on lies.
Good riddance.
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Was Ronald Reagan a good president?
