tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post280702476041178929..comments2023-10-28T05:14:28.496-05:00Comments on Just my little piece of the world: Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush?Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344077085109588258noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-85755915078258763212009-06-15T07:57:26.032-05:002009-06-15T07:57:26.032-05:00Nancy Reagan is Exhibit A of my definition of a co...Nancy Reagan is Exhibit A of my definition of a conservative: A liberal whose ox hasn't been gored. Once Ronnie came down with Alzheimer's, where did she turn to? Why, the federal government, of course.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-90330065247577588102009-06-14T05:05:04.424-05:002009-06-14T05:05:04.424-05:00reagan was a terrible president, but he got away w...reagan was a terrible president, but he got away with so much because of his geniality. the fact that the right deify him just shows you the intellectual level of what is currently the leadership of the right. <br /><br />i dont even think reagan was a good person - no good person would have ignored aids like he did<br /><br />i hope he is not resting in peace<br /><br />ps - i LOATH nancy reagan, i dont care how old and decrepit she isDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-12934345287512011612009-06-11T20:38:37.388-05:002009-06-11T20:38:37.388-05:00What I remember best about Reagan was the cocaine ...What I remember best about Reagan was the cocaine that used to fly into Huntsville Airport on those C-47s that belonged to Civilian Material Assistance, a "nonprofit private aid group" that delivered "humanitarian supplies" to the Contras. I remember Common Cause magazine interviewing the Customs official who lost his job for daring to inspect one of these planes and for daring to report his discovery of 200 pounds of cocaine base.Matt Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775385227870993490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-88758609756847091912009-06-11T02:26:14.944-05:002009-06-11T02:26:14.944-05:00Reagan was terrifically unpopular by the end of hi...Reagan was terrifically unpopular by the end of his second term. I think Bush was worse if for no other reason than he enabled Cheney's shadow presidency. <br /><br />I have to correct Parry on one point, though. I've been reading <i>Legacy of Ashes: A History of the CIA</i>. The intelligence community was historically clueless as to Soviet intentions. By the 70s and 80s, it knew that the Soviet economy was no great shakes, but assumed -- without any real evidence to support the assumption -- that the USSR was a garrison state capable of being a dominant world power indefinitely.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-84160877055184965732009-06-10T06:47:37.602-05:002009-06-10T06:47:37.602-05:00I'll always think of Reagan as the president w...I'll always think of Reagan as the president who gave us homelessness. Of course, that's not all. We supported death squads in El Salvador and there was that little thing called Iran-Contra. Supply-side economics trickling down upon us, anyone? Reagan made Nixon look good to me. Bush made Reagan look good in that Reagan knew to invade only very tiny countries. I thought his whole administration was a horror show, but I had no idea what horrors would be in store 20 years later. In short - yes, Reagan sucked.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044265862232128796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-77476554277557850562009-06-09T12:30:22.565-05:002009-06-09T12:30:22.565-05:00Thanks Steven for your comment. Glad you came by, ...Thanks Steven for your comment. Glad you came by, and for the book, I will check it out.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344077085109588258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-43447047980180625192009-06-09T11:58:57.094-05:002009-06-09T11:58:57.094-05:00Short answer. Yes.
I read this book (link below) ...Short answer. Yes.<br /><br />I read this book (link below) awhile ago and it reinforced everything I've believed about this charlatan for years. The facts are so apparent and yet his adoring fans can't seem to tell the difference between truth and fiction. Sad.<br /><br />http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Tear_Down_Thiis_Myth.htmlStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446337419977796973noreply@blogger.com