I am sick of hearing what a great President Ronald Reagen was

[katmondoo]

CNN talking about the Repub candidates

[AndyA]

1. Everyone conveniently seems to forget about the Iran Contra affair.

Much nastier than most suspect.

And, we all know Nancy Reagan was running the country, based on what her astrologer told her.

Can you say WACKO?

[PurpleChez]

13. Iran-Contra and a few dozen other sins.

I also cherish the memories of him falling asleep during meetings with world leaders and fumbling with jars of jelly beans when he was supposed to be paying attention at summits. He was a clown who made people feel good.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. Many of the people who idolize him now are not old enought to

have been politically aware during his Presidency. They are basing their opinion on what they have heard and not on what they actually experienced. The rest of them compromise Bush's base, IMO, and have the same mentality. They can't admit that he had any faults because they think it will reflect badly on them since they voted for him.

[sutz12]

2. Can't argue with that.....Saint Ronnie is dead....let's move on. nt

[PresidentObama]

3. One of my teachers many years ago had a Reagan cardboard cutout....

...in the classroom. I went back, and it was still there just slightly more abused.

:puke:

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. He'd get the same reception in South America and the rest of the world as Bush.

That's for sure. It's just their noise machine and dum-dums.

[Colobo]

12. Ronald had a couple of friends down there

Ríos Montt and Pinochet, the Contras... you know, Freedom Fighters... :sarcasm:

[Colobo]

5. Sometimes I think

That most presidents are adequate for the period in time in which they serve... can Reagan be considered one of those?

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. That's a good one! Sure it happens, but there are surely plenty of glaring exceptions.

[Phredicles]

11. Ask the people of Central America, esp. Nicaragua

The Contras were as much terrorists as Hezbollah, etc.

[Colobo]

14. Can't argue with that

[southerncrone]

6. 1981 represented the beginning of the downfall of this great nation

Reagan was a joke, G1 was the prez, Reagan just the front puppet. We have only gone downhill since. Look where we are now after those 18 out of 26 yrs of Repuke rule.
Thank God Bill gave us a reprieve for a while.

[BOSSHOG]

7. He was quite the gem

sitting in the oval office in suit and tie ordering the murder of priests and nuns and children. Just a great fucking human being. Would you like ketchup as a side dish or as an entree?

[Tikki]

9. He was a cruel man...who talked often..

of the disdain he had for the young people of this country, this world...many of whom had just fought a war 'for his freedom'.
The archetype of today's * classism.

Tikki

[Cosmocat]

10. Oh ...

give it 20 years ...

The current disaster WILL be hailed a "resolute leader who carried the country through unreasonably difficult times" ...

[TwilightGardener]

15. He was addled with alzheimer's in his second term (and possibly

his first), but that means nothing to those who worship him--you just need to be an impressive figurehead to earn the GOP's adulation. Look at Chimpy. Never mind, he's not all that impressive, LOL!

[lisa58]

16. I had that on too...

...when they started to talk about how great Reagen was I muted the tv and left the room.

There's only so much you can take.

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. I'm sick of hearing that he single-handedly ended the Cold War

among other things, but that seems to be the number one thing they like to put him on the pedestal for. Oh, and when the Cons go through their long list of terrorist attacks that include Khobar Towers and the USS Cole, they always conveniently (or selectively?) leave out the 1983 bombing in Beirut by two suicide bombers.

[Joe Chi Minh]

18. Heck, ending the Cold War was the last thing they wanted! But,

very temporarily, it was the price they had to pay for giving "carte blanche" for Russian mafiosi to take over the country, (people, to borrow of phrase of vandal Thatcher) they could do business with. Now they're furious with Putin for clipping the wings of them both. How could the military-industrial complex continue to burgeon out of control without new enemies?

[bullimiami]

19. its pitiful, the right wing father worship, they love any bastard that beats them

and robs them blind, as long as they sweet talk them a little.

it is a serious mental illness.

[acmavm]

20. The idiots who try to convince people that Ronnie was a saint are about

as mentally fit as he was during the Iran/Contra hearings. But they are also evil. Very fake, very mean-spirited, selfish, hateful, and think that all's fair if it gets them what they want.

[baldguy]

21. Reagan's was the most corrupt administration in history.

Until W came along.

[cyclezealot]

22. check out his many ethics violations of Cabinet members.

his was the most corrupt Administration since Harding. his only excuse Alzheimers'.

[seasat]

23. If you really want to give Repugs a corronary, quote this article.

(Reagan's Liberal Legacy)

When you rattle off the tax increases that Reagan put in place, Repugs suddenly develop weird facial ticks and mutter stuff about dealing with a Democratic congress. It kind of shoots down their myths.

[goose4739]

24. Don't forget he ignored AIDS

and fired all the air traffic controllers and allowed for corporate mergers that threw thousands of people out of work. Oh, he was a great man, all right. Shee-it!

[louis-t]

29. I've always said: Reagan was one horrific plane crash away

from being run out of office in disgrace after he fired the ATC people. I remember the media reporting tons of near misses, but if there had been just one major crash attributed to the firing, he would have been toast.

[AshevilleGuy]

25. Better get used to it. It will never end.

One of the many things I can't forgive him for, was decorating SS graves at Bitburg!! :mad:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. But he was a great president.

In an alternate universe where greed, corruption, lies, prejudice, intellectual laziness and just plain old blaming the victim are all great values.

[Radical Activist]

28. His legacy is giving Iraq WMD's

and funding terrorists in Latin America while arming Iran. He did more to support terrorism than any President in US history.