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Can't agree with that, at all.
Fair enough.
And because his predecessor wasn’t up to the job.
Are you getting Reagan and Carter confused? It was Carter who was the joke...(Nice guy though)
- supported terrorists and fascist death squads in Latin America
- sold weapons to the Ayatollah Khomeini to finance his dirty murderous wars
- completely destroyed the already weak and underfunded welfare system in the US creating unparalleled hardship for millions and an ever expanding gap between rich and poor in the US
- supported the Apartheid
- supported other odious murdererous regimes in Latin America and elsewhere
- and last but not least, was an ally and friend of the evil milk snatcher.
He fucked up the US economy good as well. In fact, I cannot think of a single good thing he ever achieved.
Do you want to give us your reasons as to why do you claim Reagan was a good President?
Also, Carter was amusing, but not as much as Ford!
:yes: Nicely summed up there, Aladdin. I'd actually [almost] forgotten that he was a shameless apologist for Apartheid.
Not to mention the despicable way he happily pretended AIDS didn't exist for a sweet six year stretch during which an epidemic pretty much exploded.
To quote Baroness Thatcher actually, "Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot." Although I guess perhaps you don't see the demise of the Soviet Union as a good thing.
Intersting stats from wikipedia on the economy for Reagan:
Reagan wasn't perfect and the methods he sometimes used to fight the evils of communism were misguided - as some of the instances you list display but as presidents go Reagan was pretty good.
Even if you were to entertain the loony idea that the Soviet Union collapsed because keeping up with America militarily ended up bankupting it, the Cold War was a 40 year affair. If anything Regan could claim 1/5 or 1/6 of the credit- the Soviet Union did not start to spend money on its military after Reagan got in.
The whole idea is simplistic rubbish anyway.
Interestingly you choose not to comment on his disgusting human rights record and his support for one of the most despicable regimes in the history of mankind.
But's what all that compared with with a few economic figures (for the benefit of the rich only, but never mind) eh? Let's not allow disgusing alleagances with evil regimes, murderers and terrorists and the destruction of the welfare system get in the way of inflation figures.
For the benefit of the rich only? Lower inflation, lower unemployment and a lower poverty rate – all achievements of Ronald Reagan were of universal benefit. How do only the rich benefit from less people in poverty?
And for the record Reagan didn’t support apartheid in South Africa. He opposed economic sanctions because he believed they would create economic hardship for those they were designed to help. I don’t agree with him but I don’t see any difference between that position and people who opposed sanctions against Saddam’s evil regime for similar reasons.
Why do you assume that?
Don't bother answering actually because it is quite obvious. You believe because you want to, not because you actually possess any information to substantiate.
and you the one that is the scourge of the fundamentalists and champiion of rationality......... :rolleyes:
Quoted for truth there.
If Regan is a good President, then surley that makes Takuma Sato a good F1 driver?
Quite a few famous people entered their names to be governer, although the vast majority of them were TV has been's that just wanted some free publicity.
He was probabaly one of the few people that entered the race knowing if he won he'd actually lose millions in potential earnings (i.e. from not having the time to do future movies) .. although if you want power then governer is the right way forward to the most powerful job in the world.
Like someone I saw said .. if he manages to fix all the problems in California over the coming years .. then maybe he does deserve to be president.
It might be interesting to see a guy born a European running the USA!!
They entered as Independants.
Arnie entered as a Republican boosted by public dissaray for the Democrat Davis.
He really hasn't got a clue, what was that shit he was going on about economic sissy girl or some shit.
they're always trying to get flag burning made illegal, okay they still fail
and surely that law preventing foreign born presidents is undemocratic, since if theyre a citizen they can run for office
As for anything else he's done, I'm not sure. I think he lost popularity because of some old flames coming back to haunt him, or some Nazi-thing? Can't really remember.
Some of his policies have been smart and effective, some have been poor. He is the same as all politicians, no worse, no better.
It's outlined by the founding fathers in the Constitution.
It’s not ‘undemocratic’ since the Constitution can be amended by elected representatives. As far as I know the natural-born citizen requirement only applies to the presidency.
Yep, if i remeber well he was the first one to order the non-militar version of them...
heres a good idea for all the people to follow ...but not me ...i'm not one of the people ...i'm the king!
Do you really think you can measure the wellbeing of a society by a few figures only?
Oh please! Reagan went far beyond than those who oppose strangling sanctions against Saddam. I can't even believe you tried to equate the two. There are so different at so many levels, for so many reasons.
Reagan was an Apartheid apologist scumbag. Just as his great friend Thatcher's husband.
And funny how you do not mention his involvement with death squads and fascists in latin America- not to mention his dealings with Jomeini. It would seem that mad Iranian ayatollas are dangerous scum that deserve our contempt... so long as they don't happen to have any dealings going with your beloved Republicans.
He is partial to the occasional stiff right arm and yelling "******" at black people...apparently.
I have seen photos of him giving the roman salute - and some black bodybuilder claims he was given racial abuse.
He's also said that he dreams of becoming "some kind of dictator".