Help me with my list : The Reagan reality . . . .

[patrice]

He was probably a "nice" man, he lived a long and happy life, being honest about him after death doesn't hurty anyone :

1. the October Surprise
2. trickle down economics doesn't work
3. blindness to the beginning of AIDS epidemic killed thousands
4. focus grouping/brainwashing created extremist knee-jerk politics
5. Iran/Contragate defiled Constitutional separation of powers
6. Saddam Hussein our buddy
7. Nicaraguan adventurism kills thousands
8. Union busting lowers middle class wages and benifits (if any)
9. Deficit spending to crush USSR cripples the following decade

I know I'm leaving some out . . . . What else?

[Ksec]

1. pro choice

[buddhamama]

2. the creation of the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan

viola bin LAden.

[patrice]

7. Oooops left that out and that's a biggie - thanks. n/t

[theivoryqueen]

3. WILLFUL IGNORANCE of the AIDS epidemic

cost thousands of unnecessary deaths.

[jean]

4. yes. he was not blind, but intentionally, criminally negligent

[patrice]

6. Yes, I stand corrected.

There is a difference.

[Mika]

5. Creating the CANF

The miamicubano terrorists organization Cuban American National Foundation

[patrice]

9. Another biggie.

Wow, this guy really does have a major legacy!

[Eric J in MN]

8. Using RICO laws to seize the property of the accused

Using RICO laws to seize and sell the property of the accused (people not convicted of anything).

[NMDemDist2]

11. oh yeah "Zero Tolerence"

man that was a load of crap as I remember

[EndElectoral]

10. His compassion to the homeless and mentally insane

[Eric J in MN]

16. the modern homelessness problem started under Reagan (nt)

nt

[Kokonoe]

12. Tax increase on lower class.

tax on bank accounts and no deductions for interest on loans & credit cards

[patrice]

13. Yeah, I remember that one now too.

There used to be a write-off for interest on consumer debt.

[genius]

14. Took us to last place in education. Closed mental hosptals and sent

patients home to their families.

[MrSlayer]

15. Osama Bin Laden is our friend.

Don't forget that we funded and trained his stupid ass under Reagan.