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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:08 PM Sep 2017

How Reagan, W Bush, and Trump destroyed this country

Reagan made it virtuous to be completely greedy and gleefully fuck over the poor, W. Bush made it acceptable to cheat anyway you can to win and ignore the rule of law, and Trump has made it mainstream to publicly and vocally express your hatred of minorites.

So how the hell can anyone still think they are the party of Christian values?

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How Reagan, W Bush, and Trump destroyed this country (Original Post) Chasstev365 Sep 2017 OP
I'd give Nixon credit or blame too DBoon Sep 2017 #1
True, but the public was disgusted with him and he had to resign. Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #4
Don't forget how fox news and right wing radio have poisoned the airwaves Va Lefty Sep 2017 #2
Don't let Bush I off the hook gratuitous Sep 2017 #3
Good point! Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #5
At one time for all the presidents who have been Doreen Sep 2017 #6

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
2. Don't forget how fox news and right wing radio have poisoned the airwaves
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:34 PM
Sep 2017

Reagan's repeal of the fairness doctrine was the death knell of this Country

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Don't let Bush I off the hook
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:37 PM
Sep 2017

His lame duck dead-of-night pardons of the Iran/contra felons on Christmas Eve 1992 showed that Ford's pardon of Nixon wasn't just a one-off. If you're a Republican, there is no penalty for breaking federal law.

I hope the next Democratic administration doesn't get so caught up in looking forward to the future that it doesn't prosecute the crimes of the past. Or we'll get a chance to do it all again.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
6. At one time for all the presidents who have been
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 07:19 PM
Sep 2017

in office since I started to notice politics I thought reagan was the worst until trump took office. I now think trump is the worst but reagan comes right on his tail. I do think both shrubberies were bad also I say they take an equal 3rd.

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