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FailureToCommunicate

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42. I still have my Impeach Reagan button somewhere. Actors, and TV personalities, make
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:44 AM
Dec 2019

terrible Presidents. Boy, he sure fooled so many gullible voters with his Aw shucks manners. But ANYONE who had payed attention to what he did as Governor of California knew he'd be awful as President.

We just didn't know how awful:

_Sent National Guard to UC Berkeley campus (People's Park)
_On first day in office, lied that HE, not Carter, secured the release of hostages from Iran
_As new President, took down solar panels on WH and ended alternative energy incentives
_Supply Side economics
_Tax cuts for rich, eliminated middle class tax breaks
_1982 Recession
_Sent weapons to Iraq, Saddam Hussein
_Invaded Grenada as a distraction
_busted unions like the Air Traffic Controllers
_Funded Star Wars nonsense
_Iran Contra scandal - arms for hostages
_Reignighted Cold War with USSR
_Supported the Mujahideen (Osama bin Laden)
_Supported dictators like Noriega, Hussein, Marcos, El Salvadore regime...
_"Trees polute more than automobiles"
_138 Reagon officials indicted, or convicted of crimes
_Tripled National Debt
_Savings and Loans collapse
_Ignored the A.I.D.S. epidemic
_ etc. etc

And much more...that I have probably forgotten.
No, NOT a good President.

Before Reagan, the US was a net creditor NewJeffCT Dec 2019 #1
+1. Something never mentioned by fiscal 'conservatives' dalton99a Dec 2019 #4
the most fiscally irresponsible president AlexSFCA Dec 2019 #10
It is even worse when you consider the Social Security Trust Fund exboyfil Dec 2019 #29
He raised DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #82
Before Reagan, sales taxes were also deductible. SharonAnn Dec 2019 #95
So was the interest on credit cards Mr.Bill Dec 2019 #108
poppy didn't pardon anyone on his first day in office unblock Dec 2019 #111
You are right....sorry DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #117
Check this out unblock DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #119
1980 shadowmayor Dec 2019 #50
1980: Leader of the Free World 2019: Not so much! rickyhall Dec 2019 #93
Why has it taken so long. Bev54 Dec 2019 #137
He took down the solar panels on the White House in 1981 Botany Dec 2019 #2
one of the earlier examples of republican "triggering libs" unblock Dec 2019 #20
Petty vindictiveness. llmart Dec 2019 #22
Exactly! KPN Dec 2019 #48
Just as Trump destroys everything Obama did, don't forget CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #26
I voted for Reagan. StClone Dec 2019 #106
If we had stayed the course on renewable or no/low carbon energy how many billions of tons ... Botany Dec 2019 #30
There's nothing worse than an asshole in your face. dchill Dec 2019 #101
Reagan was just a tool for the wealthy and the right* but he understood the importance of ... Botany Dec 2019 #154
Plus, he DID enjoy it. dchill Dec 2019 #156
One of the first deliberately evil acts of the conservative revolutionaries. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #28
We would be SO far ahead of where ANYONE is right now if we'd kept going on solar oldsoftie Dec 2019 #153
Thanks, kpete Ohiogal Dec 2019 #3
Vivid memory: Inauguration Day 1981 live love laugh Dec 2019 #63
In 1981 DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #76
Far as I'm concerned anyone with an (R) by their name is scum, Reagan or no. nt Doremus Dec 2019 #99
I had no clue who any of the puppeteers were then live love laugh Dec 2019 #142
Anyone who has bothered to look has been aware. MontanaFarmer Dec 2019 #5
Well Said!!! " Fuck that guy and his propped-up legacy." n/t RKP5637 Dec 2019 #7
My thoughts as someone who's been around for 69 years KPN Dec 2019 #53
Transformational indeed. MontanaFarmer Dec 2019 #55
totally agree gopiscrap Dec 2019 #74
For many of us, it was abundantly clear from the beginning just how awful Ronald Reagan was... dlk Dec 2019 #6
Especially those of us who lived in California Mr.Bill Dec 2019 #109
We all say Reagan this and Reagan that. DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #138
Reagan was the beginning. Those who followed were exponentially worse dlk Dec 2019 #140
Lock him up. marble falls Dec 2019 #8
His damn funeral went on forever. I'm surprised the GOP did not mummify him and place him in RKP5637 Dec 2019 #9
+1. Taxpayers spent $400 million to haul his carcass around and mourn his worthless legacy dalton99a Dec 2019 #12
It's no damn wonder there is not enough money left for the rest of the population. There is so RKP5637 Dec 2019 #21
Don't blame me I voted to reelect Jimmy Carter. MasonDreams Dec 2019 #11
same here. LittleGirl Dec 2019 #146
So TRUE! Brainstormy Dec 2019 #13
I've known it handmade34 Dec 2019 #14
before regon was a terrible prez. he was a horrible gov. took the state 30 years to recover AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #15
Plus how he felt about the student protesters. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #27
No objective truth will ever overcome a lie that makes people money pecosbob Dec 2019 #16
Agreed. And this is why the MSM is so bothsiderist. Unless someone MarcA Dec 2019 #91
K&R!!! G_j Dec 2019 #17
hid the Alzheimers RicROC Dec 2019 #18
Ronnie Raygun* was the harbinger of death for the American middle class... Raster Dec 2019 #19
"the harbinger of death for the American middle class..." llmart Dec 2019 #25
He was even a union leader when he was sane. The Screen Actors' Guild. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #31
Wasn't he also a Democrat at one time? llmart Dec 2019 #57
He said he was a Dem until JFK. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #103
He "saw the light" Freddie Dec 2019 #136
He was a union leader when it was to his advantage. It was a personal benefit thing. SharonAnn Dec 2019 #96
And went on to do in other unions DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #139
Your story is the story of many. llmart Dec 2019 #155
Yes... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #102
I agree. A real acting President. jalan48 Dec 2019 #23
I also feel that Reagan was a horrible POTUS Gothmog Dec 2019 #24
He was America's first fake president dalton99a Dec 2019 #32
Truly mind-boggling, 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #125
Pruneface, Friend of Fascists and Mafia alike. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #33
People wanted to be fooled by a nice, avuncular white guy. ananda Dec 2019 #34
I used the term "Affable Oaf"........ Stainless Dec 2019 #66
Very apt indeed. 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #127
It has been clear to me for some time. bitterross Dec 2019 #35
As someone who voted to re-elect BlueMTexpat Dec 2019 #36
It was never a question. gibraltar72 Dec 2019 #37
Strong conservatives think differently from the liberals and Hortensis Dec 2019 #38
Lord, I hope wryter2000 Dec 2019 #39
No, it will not. Nixon is still popular among conservatives Recursion Dec 2019 #40
They can't Caliman73 Dec 2019 #81
I think he was a do nothing speach-afying idiot. who was a figure head for the assholes Javaman Dec 2019 #41
I still have my Impeach Reagan button somewhere. Actors, and TV personalities, make FailureToCommunicate Dec 2019 #42
Ahh yes, "Impeach Reagan"! TommyCelt Dec 2019 #71
Let's not forget his disastrous foreign policies, especially in Central America Bradshaw3 Dec 2019 #43
He conspired with a hostile foreign government to fix the election Thunderbeast Dec 2019 #44
I've been thinking about GOP holding off release of hostages since the Ukrainian bribery story IndyOp Dec 2019 #49
Hell, I knew he was an asshat from the word go. lonely bird Dec 2019 #45
Absolutely damning. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #46
Kicked off his campaign with a rally in Philadelphia, Mississippi IndyOp Dec 2019 #47
This is nonsense Aquaria Dec 2019 #65
Thanks for correcting it was not his first event. The rest, IndyOp Dec 2019 #110
Reagan was part of a Republican pattern in wnylib Dec 2019 #51
That assumes ... GeorgeGist Dec 2019 #52
As a young man I voted for Reagan. It took years of maturing and learning about politics to Pepsidog Dec 2019 #54
Can someone explain why the Federal Debt chart is bad? AJT Dec 2019 #56
He increased the debt by 186% Aquaria Dec 2019 #67
The chart just looks off, that's what bothered me. AJT Dec 2019 #89
See If This Helps ProfessorGAC Dec 2019 #112
Corrupt before he even took office Freddie Dec 2019 #58
If you have a pet or farm animal Aquaria Dec 2019 #68
Hmmm...I sift the litter boxes daily Freddie Dec 2019 #73
Long before his Alzheimer's kicked in... BlueIdaho Dec 2019 #59
I believe he has been the most dangerous and destructive president in our history Scalded Nun Dec 2019 #60
My fervent desire is for reincarnation UpInArms Dec 2019 #61
I have always said that future generations will make pilgrimages to piss on his grave. n/t spike jones Dec 2019 #62
K & R! Bookmarked. lastlib Dec 2019 #64
Agree flamingdem Dec 2019 #69
He was a mean, ignorant meat puppet who would do anything for a blow job. hunter Dec 2019 #70
I knew it. I still say quarbis Dec 2019 #72
In 1980 it wasn't hard to see that moondust Dec 2019 #75
This is not said enough... dajoki Dec 2019 #77
Never Trumpers haven't yet made this realization. So, I wrote a poem: Garrett78 Dec 2019 #78
Amen, now do the Bushes. (nt) Loge23 Dec 2019 #79
If Jimmy Carter would have won in 1980.... captdemo Dec 2019 #80
welcome to DU gopiscrap Dec 2019 #83
Thank You for the Welcome post! captdemo Dec 2019 #86
my God, I couldn't agree with you more gopiscrap Dec 2019 #107
It's already too late to fix the damage he did. Boomerproud Dec 2019 #84
I have not seen this on this thread yet, but Reagan and his people also committed treason to win. Caliman73 Dec 2019 #85
Amen! BlueTexasMan Dec 2019 #87
Some knew at the time who his owners were but too many MarcA Dec 2019 #88
Reagan was the beginning of the downward spiral. mudstump Dec 2019 #90
He was everything you say he was. What he was NOT was "conservative." DFW Dec 2019 #92
They forgot cannabis_flower Dec 2019 #94
I knew he'd be a rotten Faux pas Dec 2019 #97
Ding, ding, ding, ding! lambchopp59 Dec 2019 #128
It all comes down to Faux pas Dec 2019 #157
Seem like history is just now catching up ThoughtCriminal Dec 2019 #98
He was a flaming asshole of a governor in California; loud, angry and petty VOX Dec 2019 #100
Absolutely THE WORST Raine Dec 2019 #104
My 103 year old grandmother was yelling BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #105
Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Dec 2019 #113
I just saw this post MuseRider Dec 2019 #114
you know it, MuseRider Skittles Dec 2019 #130
I had always been interested MuseRider Dec 2019 #131
absolutely Skittles Dec 2019 #132
+ 100 MuseRider Dec 2019 #134
My dad emphasized it immediately Awsi Dooger Dec 2019 #147
y'all ought to read or hear the Thom Hartmann rant on RR. How he can viewed as a Doitnow Dec 2019 #115
Reagan was horrible mntleo2 Dec 2019 #116
All these things and much, much more. Cetacea Dec 2019 #118
K&R Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #120
I use the term Voodoo Economics when expressing where we went wrong. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2019 #121
Rotten Ronnie and the Reaganites plague us still Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #122
i was a kid & i knew it. i said his trickle down was bullshit. but they have been selling the same pansypoo53219 Dec 2019 #123
I hated Reagan in the 80's I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 #124
It was as clear as gin at the time! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #126
Albeit RWNJ's ignore inconvenient facts: lambchopp59 Dec 2019 #129
Ray gun warmfeet Dec 2019 #133
Thank you for this wonderful post. He was the impetus Ferrets are Cool Dec 2019 #135
There is no more reality than spending cuts cuts lives. Prosper Dec 2019 #141
K&R ck4829 Dec 2019 #143
Someday, Reagan will look like a fucking genius compared to DFT RainCaster Dec 2019 #144
Hurray kpete! I despise when people refer to this man up as a great President. C Moon Dec 2019 #145
Been saying this for years. He was AWFUL. budkin Dec 2019 #148
Yes, the great wealth distributor ..... upward to his richest friends. Nt Prof.Higgins Dec 2019 #149
Does anyone else remember srobertss Dec 2019 #150
That bastard started us down the road toward Pox Noise. He screwed broadcasting. calimary Dec 2019 #151
I had assumed that Reagan would forever remain the worst president of my lifetime. mwb970 Dec 2019 #152
During both of his campaigns he showed signs of alzheimer's disease Dorn Dec 2019 #158
another graph from 'The Ward on Christmas' ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #159
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2019 #160
It's all good... czarjak Jan 2020 #161
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