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Warpy

(114,650 posts)
25. This country has yet to have an honest appraisal of the damage Reagan did
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 03:51 AM
Jan 2020

Yes, the current guy is dreadful, completely unsuitable to the job and most likely working for Putin. He has refused to honor his oath of office and has gone out of his way to appoint crooks to head agencies he wants destroyed because they're inconvenient for rich men. He's left a lot of the government positions unfilled, making our government a hollow farce while he struts and blusters. And every single dreadful thing he's done had its roots in the garbage Reagan got away with.

Yet most people alive today remember ole Ron fondly, the shoe polished hair and the rouged cheeks giving him that "jes plain folks" image as he talked down to them so much that they didn't notice he was losing the plot. He made them feel all warm and fuzzy while he napped and his cronies stole us blind.

So when I think of bad presidents, I think of the amount of damage they did that is going to last us because nobody ever wants to come to terms with how such a nice man did so much damage that has to be undone. They just never seem to separate the policies from the personal.

What Dumpster Fire is doing might look like the reductio ad absurdum of Reagan's policies, but they're the logical continuation of them, something that keeps his popularity among the 0.1% nice and high.

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He has dismantled our government and left us with pretend democracy. onecaliberal Jan 2020 #1
True edhopper Jan 2020 #2
A complete victory in November.... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #3
Stop being so optimistic edhopper Jan 2020 #4
go after? how? getagrip_already Jan 2020 #7
It has been tried once, in 1803, and the justice was acquitted. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #8
SCOTUS impeachment is almost impossible NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #9
Interesting... tx getagrip_already Jan 2020 #10
Exactly. Jamastiene Jan 2020 #21
He's already done long-lasting damage. It will take decades The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #6
Unfortunately Velveteen is 100 percent correct.😞 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #11
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Underestimating? Newest Reality Jan 2020 #5
I'm of this mind myself. BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #32
I'll still give GWB the worst award The Mouth Jan 2020 #12
Have to agree. BlueWI Jan 2020 #23
In a way, it's a good thing that Trump is *NOT* "likable" The Mouth Jan 2020 #30
No kidding. BlueWI Jan 2020 #33
The top 3 slots and the bottom 3 are always up for debate. Caliman73 Jan 2020 #13
Nixon also edhopper Jan 2020 #14
I'm very worried that the death tool attributed to Trump will far surpass that of csziggy Jan 2020 #34
In my mind bluestarone Jan 2020 #15
He's made friends of our enemies and enemies of our friends. lpbk2713 Jan 2020 #16
Good distinction. zentrum Jan 2020 #17
Definitely the least qualified and the most vulgar Dukkha Jan 2020 #18
Historical rankings of presidents of the United States Poiuyt Jan 2020 #19
Why do I want Keith Olbermann... mwooldri Jan 2020 #20
Because he would ace it. Jamastiene Jan 2020 #22
This country has yet to have an honest appraisal of the damage Reagan did Warpy Jan 2020 #25
THANK YOU!!! The Mouth Jan 2020 #31
defunded enid602 Jan 2020 #26
Perhaps have two awards: Domestic and International. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #27
if trump is not the worst president in every category rampartc Jan 2020 #28
Trump is working on approaching Buchanan. NNadir Jan 2020 #29
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