What was so great about Reagan?

[ck4829]

All I can remember is the giving of arms to terrorists.

What did the RW'ers see in him?

[TomInTib]

1. Obviously you've never seen any of His movies n/t

[dogman]

2. Themselves.

Righteous,hypocritical asshole.

[bballny]

3. They love

his campaigning in Philadelphia, MS and the urging of states rights

[Bleacher Creature]

4. He was great at using coded language to appeal to racists.

He was great at supporting Central American dictators and countless numbers of human rights violations.

That must be what they are referring to.

[Kraklen]

5. His hair was just awesome.

Awesome to the max!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. his hair. he had great hair.

and a way of reading a script that made it sound that
he understood
he truly felt this way
these were his words, not some spinmeister's

[ThomWV]

7. Who, In The Name Of Christ, Knows?

The man got into office by way of a traitorous act and never looked back. Most of the filthy bastards in Government today made their bones under Reagan. The son of a bitch should spent his last demented years in prison if you ask me.

[BlueEyedSon]

8. Ummm... nothing?

Maybe his kids.....

[fujiyama]

10. Ron Reagan is cool!

nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. I don't watch often, but what I see I like

he is smart, informed and aware, plus he thinks fast on his feet without being obnoxious.

[Jade Fox]

9. He was always full of good news....

and didn't bother the voters with problems we face.

People love that illusion

[tomg]

11. Besides "Kings Row"

nothing. Well, maybe "Bedtime for Bonzo."

[Botany]

12. Because not only did he sell

weapons to the Ayatohla and put the money in a Swiss Bank Account
to run an illegal war against peasants in central America his boys
(Prescott Bush take a bow) ran drugs back up in the empty planes
for Southern Air Transport a CIA front and blamed it all on a dead man
***** Casey. And Poppy Bush gave pardons to all on the way out the door.


Oh yeah and don't forget the Oct. surprise.


* At least he could ride a horse and got the hell out of the mideast after
100 + marines were blown up.

[Birthmark]

13. Well...

...he did turn tail and run from Lebanon, thus informing would be terrorists that you could attack the US and get away with it. That seems germane. :(

[xray s]

14. the guy really knew how to rouge up the cheeks

queer eye for the straight guy had nothing on ol' ronnie

[Coastie for Truth]

15. He was so smooth

he could sell air conditioners to Aleuts
and space heaters to Bedouins.

And he could actually sell sane people on Conservative Bull Shit - Like Cooper Jarvis Prop XIII

And he looked and sounded so sincere while doing it.

[indepat]

16. The Gipper threw us a trillion dollar party that we still haven't paid for

[walldude]

17. Didn't you hear? He personally

and single handedly ended the cold war :eyes:

[cssmall]

18. The fact that he was a horrible actor.

Reagan did nothing save what his advisors wanted. In the 70s when we joined the republican party, he did so because he knew his future in the democrat party was next to nothing. Reagan is a creep, plain and simple. He was a sellout, he was lecherous (Dear Patty was pregnant with their first kid was still married to his first wife), he was uninformed and had very little intelligence. In other words, he was the perfect person to put in the White House to do nothing. The Great Communicator, my ass. That whole Berlin Wall speech was even more scripted than GWB's speeches combined, Reagan could just act better.

[flaminbats]

19. Our children and grandchildren owe him a TOWERING debt..

Reagan was the most TITANIC deficit spender of his time.:wow:

[KamaAina]

20. Um, er, I can't recall.

:evilgrin:

[agincourt]

21. To some degree,

his presidency was much like shrubs. He was a media creation, the press would prostitute themselves for him. He worked a lot harder for the GOP than for America. He was a bit vacant and saw things only as he wanted to them. In short he was a lot like shrub, only several levels less severe, as if he didn't quite believe his own press like W does. He wasn't quite as big headed as rat-boy and I think there were things he just wouldn't do like LIHOP.

[Greeby]

22. I dunno

Certainly I look on that time, having only been ages 2-6 (born in 82) as a time where at least they had to bother telling convincing lies

[LeftyElvis]

23. All I know is that

I couldn't get a frickin' job when that old codger was in office and my brother was homeless.

[Lannes]

24. Reagan showed up at the right time for the wrong reasons

Some of us who were around back then remember that things were pretty bad in the late 70s.Reagan and his handlers offered hope to those who wanted to feel more optimistic about the future but in the classic bait and switch the only people who really profited were the rich.where have I heard that before?

[Lefty48197]

25. He taught a whole generation of freepers to hate their political opponents

He's like the Founding Father of the Republican Hate Movement.

[TomInTib]

26. He also married Nancy

who was widely recognized as giving the best blowjob in Hollywood.

There is a great account of her fucking her way cross-country with Peter Lawford and some other guys. In a convertible, no less.

So I guess we should give Saint Ronnie a little credit for nailing her permanently.

[Hubert Flottz]

27. He finally died!

That's the only good thing I can think of!

[MrSlayer]

28. The music he inspired?

Lots of the best Punk, Hardcore and Metal was due to Reagan.

[omega minimo]

38. The punks were/are right

The only movement that is still around, didn't burn out/fade away/corporatize and didn't go to sleep for the past 25 years......

:banghead: :boring:

Wanna talk "framing"? Check out punk rock. :rofl:

[YOY]

29. He succeeded in taking down the EEEEVIL SOVIET UNION...

which by all accounts was on death's door anyways!

:shrug:

Spasiba za nichivo...durak.

and is mostly responsibly for the massive amounts of homeless people (i.e. to lazy to get a job acording to neocons.) Consider them to be shuffling monuments to his greatness,

[Tracyjo]

30. He said something nice

about Bruce Springsteen once. Nevermind he was using him to get votes in New Jersey, but yeah.

[wli]

31. he was a puppet who successfully cloaked their neo-Nazi agenda

[Disturbed]

33. He was B grade actor who played a role as Prez.

He fooled most of the Amerikan public with his act.

[Lisa]

34. here's an editorial cartoon I found amusing ...

[omega minimo]

35. Proved Mericans will swallow ever larger/deadlier catapult loads of BS

:puke:

[cynatnite]

36. He had charisma and appeal to me

Not a great president, but he seemed very personable to me which a lot of people like.

[UTUSN]

37. He Raped a Starlet, He Rode Horses, He Lusted for A-List

[Ikonoklast]

39. I have to admit that I love Ronald Reagan

Now. When he was still breathing I detested him and the cancer of hatred and intolerance that he unleashed upon our Republic.

[UTUSN]

42. I Really Really Think an Explanation Is in Order

1) "the cancer of hatred & intolerance"


vs


2) "I love ...NOW"


WTF???????????

[Ikonoklast]

44. Simple

He is no longer alive. I like him that way. I wish more Repukes would follow his example and STOP BREATHING.

[omega minimo]

45. "the cancer of hatred and intolerance that he unleashed upon our Republic"

metastasized. :evilfrown:




edit: Thanks Swampee

[UTUSN]

46. Well, O.K., You Had Me Going There. n/t

[Lindacooks]

40. There's NOTHING great about that creep.

He created the homeless underclass, created the inner city debacle we're still ignoring, cut funding for medical research, stopped alternative energy programs in their tracks, rolled back environmental protections, lied to Congress and the American people, broke the law, and shoed symptoms of Alzheimers (circular thinking) from 1982 on.

[porphyrian]

41. He convinced the majority of Christian white people...

...that being selfish and leaving the poor to their plight was OK as long as they were sufficiently patriotic and xenophobic.

[B Calm]

43. He wore pink thong underwear with velcro straps..

According to Gannon..

[RPM]

47. he's dead

best thing he ever did - shame it wasnt sooner