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View Poll Results: Who was the best President in the last 40 years?
Barack Hussein Obama 2009- 6 5.45%
George Walker Bush, 2001-2009 3 2.73%
William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 29 26.36%
George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 0 0%
Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 64 58.18%
James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 4 3.64%
Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977 2 1.82%
Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 2 1.82%
Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-09-2009, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Approval ratings are everything. Nobody came close to the record setting 90% by George W Bush in Sept 2001, a record likely to stay intact for a while. I will have to say, him.
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Old 07-09-2009, 01:02 PM
 
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Apparently you were clueless during the Regan years. He altered the inflation numbers by excluding gas prices and other items that made it look bad. so you got these false reports about the economy. He had the WORSE dept of Interior James Watt that was a disaster to the environment... he was a fundamentalist that thought the second coming was going to happen so why not trash the Earth.
You had Aids show its head in 81 and he never addressed it until 1986. after many thousands had been infected... apparently you don't recall the effort extended on a few old legionnaires when they died.
Regan had trickle down economics. It didn't work under him and really didn't under W. He spent like no previous president, then W showed him he was an amateur. His methods for addressing issues was widely adapted i later administrations where they simply lied to the people and mislead them long enough to distract them until they forgot.

Regan was a disaster. only surpassed by W. The track record of republican presidents has been wretched in the last 40 years yet so many still support this party.. what is everyone thinking? Why not opt to a third party that really supports your beliefs? the reps haven't in years.
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Trickle down didn't work huh? What changed drastically in 2006?
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Old 07-09-2009, 01:02 PM
 
Location: New York, New York
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I can't believe so many hold onto the Reagan myth...The same people that complain about the massive deficits are the same ones that support the father of the modern massive deficits (Reagan).
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:49 PM
 
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Reagan still over 60% wow!!!!!!!
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:52 PM
 
Location: SARASOTA, FLORIDA
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Reagan by a long shot. Not even close.

History will show that GW Bush will pass all of those on the list except for Reagan.

Reagan was a leader and we have not seen anything like him since.
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Old 07-09-2009, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Add me to the Reagan list.
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Old 07-09-2009, 09:57 PM
 
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Reagan is winning by a huge margin. Only 3 votes for Obama LOL!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 07-10-2009, 08:33 AM
 
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Reagan still holding his lead at over 60% of the vote.
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Old 07-11-2009, 07:50 PM
 
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Still over 60%. Go Reagan go.
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Old 07-11-2009, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Big Apple
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Ronald Reagan. He became President at the time when the country needed him the most.
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