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Jarqui

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10. I was fearful of his presidency long before he won

Sun Dec 27, 2015, 10:55 PM

Dec 2015

I felt his election increased the odds of nuclear war substantially. I thought he was dangerous.

I was never sold on his intelligence or knowledge.

I thought he was a puppet of a president and the country was really run by those around him. I still feel that to this day.

I liked Kennedy, Carter and Obama as presidents - I thought all three were knowledgeable and bright and I generally liked their policies.

Johnson disappointed with Vietnam war which I protested but he did good too.
Nixon - he was a slimy liar long before Watergate - never liked him
Reagan - not bright, many reasons I didn't care for his presidency - in part because he personally wasn't up to the task
G HW Bush - Mixed feelings - maybe a little biased - worked in one of his think tanks
Clinton - good and bad. Bad was NAFTA and Lewinsky (the Lewinsky thing bothered me)
GW Bush - dumb as a f'in rock - couldn't stand him

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Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed” [View all] applegrove Dec 2015 OP

I'm willing to believe the claim. saltpoint Dec 2015 #1

He left the Marines in Lebanon totally unprotected. Kingofalldems Dec 2015 #2

He was an idiot for the idiots CanonRay Dec 2015 #3

"idiot for the idiots" seems like an eternal winning strategy for republican candidates. pampango Dec 2015 #36

Then he got shot and what brains he had were fried. Octafish Dec 2015 #4

I noticed a big change in him after he was shot. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #16

Poppy Rode to the Rescue Octafish Dec 2015 #46

And therein lays our real problem. The bush criminal family. jwirr Dec 2015 #48

Like the coverup after Woodrow Wilson's debilitating stroke, when his wife and an aide tblue37 Dec 2015 #26

Funny how that works. Octafish Dec 2015 #45

You've got that right. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #57

H. Clinton admired Reagan and she liked many of his policies. rhett o rick Dec 2015 #5

Barack Obama too. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #29

Is that not a valid statement? rufus dog Dec 2015 #34

That's all he ever was: a B-grade actor playing a role. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #6

He was an actor. That was it. TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #7

Reagan was a mean venal meat-puppet even before his mind failed. hunter Dec 2015 #8

It cracks me up when comments are made regarding Reagan not being conservative enough rufus dog Dec 2015 #35

I think Republicans prefer puppets in charge. Kalidurga Dec 2015 #9

Of course they prefer puppets. The billionaires each took his jwirr Dec 2015 #51

And Republicans might be more expensive... Kalidurga Dec 2015 #56

I was fearful of his presidency long before he won Jarqui Dec 2015 #10

Great summation. Basic LA Dec 2015 #32

Everything the WH did for Reagan, it did for GW bush. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #33

A lot of people have said Vice President George HW Bush was running things.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #11

Ronald Reagan was known long before he became President as a man "of limited ability" BlueJazz Dec 2015 #12

I interviewed a couple of people who worked in the Reagan white house Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2015 #13

Some very close friends always post St. Ronnie memes on Facebook I should share this! rustydog Dec 2015 #14

The fact that so many voters... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #15

^ ^ ^ THIS! ^ ^ ^ lastlib Dec 2015 #19

The media played him in the best light Johonny Dec 2015 #50

test snooper2 Dec 2015 #17

I'm actually glad Reagan was disengaged as president. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #18

Can't help but be reminded of this SNL skit... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2015 #20

Reagan was a puppet. jalan48 Dec 2015 #21

He was basically Scott Walker with better public speaking skills. n/t Still In Wisconsin Dec 2015 #22

I remember a headline, still have the clipping somewhere, it reads, "Reagan Went To Bed Unaware". Mnemosyne Dec 2015 #23

My mother briefly dated RR. My grandmother once told me she disapproved. "Ronnie was a nice boy," tblue37 Dec 2015 #24

BTW, Do you remember the book about him called "The Clothes Have No Emperor"? nt tblue37 Dec 2015 #25

Great History. Octafish Dec 2015 #43

Smart grandmother. Around the same time RR tried to applegrove Dec 2015 #28

There are many good responses to the linked article. 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #27

And then came GW ...... n/t Lil Missy Dec 2015 #30

This is what a Palin Presidency would have been like TransitJohn Dec 2015 #31

Reagan was playing a role, not being POTUS. Vinca Dec 2015 #37

I've never understood how he's "The Great Communicator" Orrex Dec 2015 #38

And On This Subject. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #39

But this will never enter the calcified skulls of the many brainwashed... kentuck Dec 2015 #40

The image of him I remember IDemo Dec 2015 #41

Wikipedia has some awesome quotes regarding his idiocy . . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2015 #42

Not to mention, with such advanced dementia. He was hopeless by the time he walked in. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #44

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." - RR, 1981 n/t moondust Dec 2015 #47

The GOPukers worship Reagan because he was one of them...a man devoid of a brain. Rex Dec 2015 #49

And the media still tries to spin him as "one of our greatest presidents!!!!" LongTomH Dec 2015 #52

I'm reading Perlstein's "Invisible Bridge" now gratuitous Dec 2015 #53

Amazing How Uninformed Politicans Can Be About Political Issues erpowers Dec 2015 #54

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #55

Well SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE!!! Looks like Grover Norquist and Rove got to Salon!! HughBeaumont Dec 2015 #58

It's astonishing the mythology that has developed around Reagan. He was dumb--not even a good actor mnhtnbb Dec 2015 #59