Remembering Reagan

[Liberal1975]

61. Ronald Reagan

The architect of everything that has gone wrong with America. The worst President ever if you gage the damage he single handedly inflicted upon our society it's not even close.

That being said, let's not forget that it the American people's fault as well. In 1980 we had a choice. To buckle down and work for a better nation or to be taken in by a fantasy where the solution was to borrow our way into a false prosperity. We, as a nation chose the latter. We chose irresponsibility over hard work, and promises over accountability.

He was "tough" even though he spent World War II in a movie studio. (a path much better actors like The "wimpy" liberal Henry Fonda failed to take advantage of) Jimmy Carter was another "wimp" even though he enlisted in the Navy right after high school, you know, like almost every American male of his generation.

Except, of course the heroic right wing tough guys like Ronnie and the Duke. That's another evil legacy he left behind. Reagan proved that image over substance and perception over reality were not just tools you might need in addition to statesmanship and accomplishment, but the only things necessary for the achievement of political success.

He destroyed labor, bankrupted the nation, shred the safety net and divided the country and weakened it on purpose to benefit the wealthy. Every major problem we face as Americans today can be traced back to his policies, it's too bad nobody ever used the debt ceiling as leverage on his ass. Wonder how speaker O'Neil would be remembered if he had.