I still have my Impeach Reagan button somewhere. Actors, and TV personalities, make (Reply #42)

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Tue Dec 17, 2019, 10:44 AM

FailureToCommunicate (11,864 posts)

42. I still have my Impeach Reagan button somewhere. Actors, and TV personalities, make

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.

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161 replies	Author	Time	Post
Someday it will be crystal clear to all just what a terrible president Ronald Reagan was- [View all]	kpete	Dec 2019	OP
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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