Bernie Sanders thought Ronald Reagan was a terrorist.

[Uncensored2008]

The Reagan foreign policy in Central and South America was disgusting.

At least to those like you who were working on the side of the USSR.

But for those of us who were not traitors and 5th column, stopping a Soviet satellite on the North American continent was vital.

 

[Uncensored2008]

How sweet that you give no credence to the movement inside the USSR to leave communism behind as a failed institution...Yeah it was all Reagan, gheez..He had no control over govt. operations in the USSR..And the USSR did not dissolve until 1991..

What a fucking retard you are.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Bernie is a great representation of today's Dimocrat party.

 

[Synthaholic]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I've got plaques on my wall thanking me for my service during the Cold War. The "movement" you speak of? It was Russians Babushkas starving in Red Square, asshole. I know. I was there. You? That's what I thought.

They couldn't save the USSR, Obama knows they tried. But Reagan drove the Soviets into dust. Political Junky wails that Reagan was "horrible" with Central American policy. This is because the defeat of the Soviets in establishing Nicaragua as permanent beach head on the North American Continent was the defeat of the USSR. Nicaragua was make or break for both nations. Jim Wright and the Soviet 5th Column fought valiantly to defeat America, but they failed and Reagan prevailed. Without the ability to expand into the Americas and rape the natural resources, the Soviets were done.

Moonglow and Political Junky might mourn the loss of their beloved USSR, but they think they can get revenge by lying and rewriting history. They can't, they lost that war as well, back in the 90's. Reagan defeated the Soviets, nothing the 5th Column can do to change historical fact at this point.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Yeah, what with that criminal extortion racket known as "Operation Choke Point."

Oh wait, that's that fucking Gangster Obama....

 

[S.J.]

Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union and drove the communist insurgents out of Central America. Liberals hate him for it, patriots honor him.

What a crock.

History speaks for itself, that's why you liberals are always trying to rewrite it.

How sweet that you give no credence to the movement inside the USSR to leave communism behind as a failed institution...Yeah it was all Reagan, gheez..He had no control over govt. operations in the USSR..And the USSR did not dissolve until 1991..

Tell us about that "movement", and be sure to include some links, commietard.

You never heard pf perestroika?
Perestroika (Russian: перестро́йка; IPA: [pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə] ( listen)) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform.

Sure, that's why they had that free press. No, wait...

 

[S.J.]

Reagan beat the crap out of Bernies home team, the USSR, of course he's going to say Reagan was bad

Reagan followed policies put in place decades before he ever became president.

Yeah, like the Constitution.

 

[Moonglow]

What a crock.

History speaks for itself, that's why you liberals are always trying to rewrite it.

How sweet that you give no credence to the movement inside the USSR to leave communism behind as a failed institution...Yeah it was all Reagan, gheez..He had no control over govt. operations in the USSR..And the USSR did not dissolve until 1991..

Tell us about that "movement", and be sure to include some links, commietard.

You never heard pf perestroika?
Perestroika (Russian: перестро́йка; IPA: [pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə] ( listen)) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform.

Sure, that's why they had that free press. No, wait...

A swing and a miss...

 

[Rexx Taylor]

Bernie probably also thinks that Bert and Ernie are terrorists.

 

[RandallFlagg]

I've got plaques on my wall thanking me for my service during the Cold War. The "movement" you speak of? It was Russians Babushkas starving in Red Square, asshole. I know. I was there. You? That's what I thought.

They couldn't save the USSR, Obama knows they tried. But Reagan drove the Soviets into dust. Political Junky wails that Reagan was "horrible" with Central American policy. This is because the defeat of the Soviets in establishing Nicaragua as permanent beach head on the North American Continent was the defeat of the USSR. Nicaragua was make or break for both nations. Jim Wright and the Soviet 5th Column fought valiantly to defeat America, but they failed and Reagan prevailed. Without the ability to expand into the Americas and rape the natural resources, the Soviets were done.

Moonglow and Political Junky might mourn the loss of their beloved USSR, but they think they can get revenge by lying and rewriting history. They can't, they lost that war as well, back in the 90's. Reagan defeated the Soviets, nothing the 5th Column can do to change historical fact at this point.

Trust me when I tell you this - these liberal panty waists wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in the USSR before they would have been screaming for Mommy. Those poor people had it rough before the fall.

 

[RandallFlagg]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Jesus you are dumb.....

 

[Synthaholic]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Jesus you are dumb.....

Oh, really?

• Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, as well as private defense contractors.

1. Melvyn Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1981 by Republican President Ronald Reagan,[212]was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pled guilty to bribery, resigned his office and served four years in prison.[213]
2. James E. Gaines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, took over when Paisley resigned his office.[214] He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison.[215]
3. Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pled guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the government.[216]

• Housing and Urban Development Scandal A scandal concerning bribery by selected contractors for low income housing projects.

1. Samuel Pierce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he made "full and public written acceptance of responsibility" was not charged.[217]
2. James G. Watt Secretary of Interior, 1981–1983, charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service[218]
3. Deborah Gore Dean (R) Executive Assistant to (Samuel Pierce, Secretary of HUD 1981–1987, and not charged). Dean was convicted of 12 counts of perjury, conspiracy, bribery. Sentenced to 21 months in prison. (1987)[219]
4. Phillip D. Winn Assistant Secretary of HUD, 1981–1982, pled guilty to bribery in 1994.[219]
5. Thomas Demery, Assistant Secretary of HUD, pled guilty to bribery and obstruction.[219]
6. Joseph A. Strauss, Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD, convicted of accepting payments to favor Puerto Rican land developers in receiving HUD funding.[220]
7. Silvio D. DeBartolomeis convicted of perjury and bribery.[221]

• Wedtech scandal Wedtech Corporation convicted of bribery for Defense Department contracts

1. Edwin Meese Attorney General, resigned but never convicted.[222]
2. Lyn Nofziger White House Press Secretary, whose conviction of lobbying was overturned.[223]
3. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[224]
4. Robert García (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[225]

• Savings and loan scandal in which 747 institutions failed and had to be rescued with $160,000,000,000 of taxpayer monies in connection with the Keating Five. see Legislative scandals.[226]
• Emanuel S. Savas, appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, resigned July 8, 1983 after an internal Justice Department investigation found he had abused his office by having his Government staff work on his private book on Government time.[227][228]
• Iran-Contra Affair (1985–1986); A plan conceived by CIA head William Casey and Oliver North of the National Security Council to sell TOW missiles to Iran for the return of US hostages and then use part of the money received to fund Contra rebels trying to overthrow the left wing government of Nicaragua, which was in direct violation of Congress'Boland Amendment.[229] Ronald Reagan appeared on TV stating there was no "arms for hostages" deal, but was later forced to admit, also on TV, that yes, there indeed had been:

1. Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense, was indicted on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992.[230] Weinberger received a pardon from George H. W. Bush on December 24, 1992, before he was tried.[231]
2. William Casey Head of the CIA. Thought to have conceived the plan, was stricken ill hours before he would testify. Reporter Bob Woodward records that Casey knew of and approved the plan.[232]
3. Robert C. McFarlane National Security Adviser, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[233]
4. Elliott Abrams Asst Sec of State, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[234] Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Summary of Prosecutions.
5. Alan D. Fiers Chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force, convicted of withholding evidence and sentenced to one year probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[229]
6. Clair George Chief of Covert Ops-CIA, convicted on 2 charges of perjury, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush before sentencing.[235]
7. Oliver North convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the ruling was overturned since he had been granted immunity.[236]
8. Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary was given immunity from prosecution on charges of conspiracy and destroying documents in exchange for her testimony.[237]
9. John Poindexter National Security Advisor (R) convicted of 5 counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence. The Supreme Court overturned this ruling.[238]
10. Duane Clarridge An ex-CIA senior official, he was indicted in November 1991 on 7 counts of perjury and false statements relating to a November 1985 shipment to Iran. Pardoned before trial by President George H. W. Bush.[239][240]
11. Richard V. Secord Ex-major general in the Air Force who organized the Iran arms sales and Contra aid. He pleaded guilty in November 1989 to making false statements to Congress. Sentenced to two years of probation.[241][242]
12. Albert Hakim A businessman, pled guilty in November 1989 to supplementing the salary of Oliver North by buying him a $13,800 fence. Hakim was given two years of probation and a $5,000 fine, while his company, Lake Resources Inc. was ordered to dissolve.[241][243]
13. Thomas G. Clines Once an intelligence official who became an arms dealer, he was convicted in September 1990 on four income tax counts, including underreporting of income to the IRS and lying about not having foreign accounts. Sentenced to 16 months of prison and fined $40,000.[241][244]
14. Carl R. Channell A fund-raiser for conservative causes, he pleaded guilty in April 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization to fund the Contras.[245] Sentenced to two years probation.[241]
15. Richard R. Miller Associate to Carl R. Channell, he pleaded guilty in May 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization led by Channell. More precisely, he pled guilty to lying to the IRS about the deductibility of donations to the organization. Some of the donations were used to fund the Contras.[246] Sentenced to two years of probation and 120 of community service.[241]
16. Joseph F. Fernandez CIA Station Chief of Costa Rica. Indicted on five counts in 1988.[247] The case was dismissed when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh refused to declassify information needed for his defense in 1990.[248]

• Inslaw Affair (1985–1994+); a protracted legal case that alleged that top-level officials of President Ronald Reagan's (R) Department of Justice were involved in copyright infringement of the Promis program from Inslaw Inc. forcing it into bankruptcy.[249] Attorney General Edwin Meese (R) and his successor Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R) were both found to have blocked the investigation of the matter.[250] They were succeeded by Attorney General William P. Barr (R), who also refused to investigate and no charges were ever filed.[249]

1. D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]
2. C. Madison Brewer A high ranking Justice Department official was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]

• Michael Deaver Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000[252]
• Sewergate A scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration.

1. Anne Gorsuch Burford Head of the EPA. Cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress citing "Executive Privilege",[253] whereupon she was found in Contempt and resigned with twenty of her top employees.(1980)[254]
2. Rita Lavelle An EPA Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misused "superfund" monies and was convicted of perjury. She served six months in prison, was fined $10,000 and given five years probation.[255]

• Melvyn R. Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Ronald Reagan. As part of the long-runningOperation Ill Wind defense procurement investigation, Paisley was to four years in prison without parole.[256]
• Louis O. Giuffrida (R) director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was appointed in April 1981 by Ronald Reagan and resigned his position on September 1, 1985. His announcement came a day before a Congressional subcommittee was to approve a report detailing waste, fraud, and abuse at his agency.[257]
• Fred J. Villella, Deputy Director at Federal Emergency Management Agency, had more than $70,000 in renovations made to part of a dormitory at an agency training center in Maryland for use as a residence, including an $11,000 stove, wet bar, microwave oven, fireplace and cherrywood cabinets. Villella accepted free tickets to the same Republican fund-raisers as Giuffrida and also was accused of using a FEMA security guard for private errands. He resigned in 1984.(1984)[258][259]
• J. Lynn Helms was appointed head of the Federal Aviation Administration by Ronald Reagan in April 1981. He was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with diverting $1.2 million from an issue of tax-exempt municipal bonds to his own personal use. Mr. Helms signed an order that settled the case before trial, though he resigned his FAA post.[260][261]
• Veterans Administration Chief Bob Nimmo was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He resigned one year later just before a General Accounting Office report criticized him for improper such use of government funds.(1982)[262][263]
• John Fedders was appointed chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Ronald Reagan.[264] He was asked to resign his position after divorce proceedings, during which he admitted beating his wife.[265][266]
• Peter Voss was appointed to the US Postal Service Board of Governors in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and fined $11,000 for theft and accepting payoffs. He resigned his office in 1986, when he pleaded guilty.[267][268]
• J. William Petro (R) U.S. Attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan was dismissed and fined for tipping off an acquaintance about an ongoing Secret Service investigation.(1984)[269][270]
• William H. Kennedy United States Attorney in San Diego, was dismissed by President Reagan after he made improper comments about a pending criminal case.”(1982)[271]

 

[RandallFlagg]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Jesus you are dumb.....

Oh, really?

• Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, as well as private defense contractors.

1. Melvyn Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1981 by Republican President Ronald Reagan,[212]was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pled guilty to bribery, resigned his office and served four years in prison.[213]
2. James E. Gaines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, took over when Paisley resigned his office.[214] He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison.[215]
3. Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pled guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the government.[216]

• Housing and Urban Development Scandal A scandal concerning bribery by selected contractors for low income housing projects.

1. Samuel Pierce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he made "full and public written acceptance of responsibility" was not charged.[217]
2. James G. Watt Secretary of Interior, 1981–1983, charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service[218]
3. Deborah Gore Dean (R) Executive Assistant to (Samuel Pierce, Secretary of HUD 1981–1987, and not charged). Dean was convicted of 12 counts of perjury, conspiracy, bribery. Sentenced to 21 months in prison. (1987)[219]
4. Phillip D. Winn Assistant Secretary of HUD, 1981–1982, pled guilty to bribery in 1994.[219]
5. Thomas Demery, Assistant Secretary of HUD, pled guilty to bribery and obstruction.[219]
6. Joseph A. Strauss, Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD, convicted of accepting payments to favor Puerto Rican land developers in receiving HUD funding.[220]
7. Silvio D. DeBartolomeis convicted of perjury and bribery.[221]

• Wedtech scandal Wedtech Corporation convicted of bribery for Defense Department contracts

1. Edwin Meese Attorney General, resigned but never convicted.[222]
2. Lyn Nofziger White House Press Secretary, whose conviction of lobbying was overturned.[223]
3. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[224]
4. Robert García (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[225]

• Savings and loan scandal in which 747 institutions failed and had to be rescued with $160,000,000,000 of taxpayer monies in connection with the Keating Five. see Legislative scandals.[226]
• Emanuel S. Savas, appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, resigned July 8, 1983 after an internal Justice Department investigation found he had abused his office by having his Government staff work on his private book on Government time.[227][228]
• Iran-Contra Affair (1985–1986); A plan conceived by CIA head William Casey and Oliver North of the National Security Council to sell TOW missiles to Iran for the return of US hostages and then use part of the money received to fund Contra rebels trying to overthrow the left wing government of Nicaragua, which was in direct violation of Congress'Boland Amendment.[229] Ronald Reagan appeared on TV stating there was no "arms for hostages" deal, but was later forced to admit, also on TV, that yes, there indeed had been:

1. Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense, was indicted on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992.[230] Weinberger received a pardon from George H. W. Bush on December 24, 1992, before he was tried.[231]
2. William Casey Head of the CIA. Thought to have conceived the plan, was stricken ill hours before he would testify. Reporter Bob Woodward records that Casey knew of and approved the plan.[232]
3. Robert C. McFarlane National Security Adviser, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[233]
4. Elliott Abrams Asst Sec of State, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[234] Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Summary of Prosecutions.
5. Alan D. Fiers Chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force, convicted of withholding evidence and sentenced to one year probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[229]
6. Clair George Chief of Covert Ops-CIA, convicted on 2 charges of perjury, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush before sentencing.[235]
7. Oliver North convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the ruling was overturned since he had been granted immunity.[236]
8. Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary was given immunity from prosecution on charges of conspiracy and destroying documents in exchange for her testimony.[237]
9. John Poindexter National Security Advisor (R) convicted of 5 counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence. The Supreme Court overturned this ruling.[238]
10. Duane Clarridge An ex-CIA senior official, he was indicted in November 1991 on 7 counts of perjury and false statements relating to a November 1985 shipment to Iran. Pardoned before trial by President George H. W. Bush.[239][240]
11. Richard V. Secord Ex-major general in the Air Force who organized the Iran arms sales and Contra aid. He pleaded guilty in November 1989 to making false statements to Congress. Sentenced to two years of probation.[241][242]
12. Albert Hakim A businessman, pled guilty in November 1989 to supplementing the salary of Oliver North by buying him a $13,800 fence. Hakim was given two years of probation and a $5,000 fine, while his company, Lake Resources Inc. was ordered to dissolve.[241][243]
13. Thomas G. Clines Once an intelligence official who became an arms dealer, he was convicted in September 1990 on four income tax counts, including underreporting of income to the IRS and lying about not having foreign accounts. Sentenced to 16 months of prison and fined $40,000.[241][244]
14. Carl R. Channell A fund-raiser for conservative causes, he pleaded guilty in April 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization to fund the Contras.[245] Sentenced to two years probation.[241]
15. Richard R. Miller Associate to Carl R. Channell, he pleaded guilty in May 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization led by Channell. More precisely, he pled guilty to lying to the IRS about the deductibility of donations to the organization. Some of the donations were used to fund the Contras.[246] Sentenced to two years of probation and 120 of community service.[241]
16. Joseph F. Fernandez CIA Station Chief of Costa Rica. Indicted on five counts in 1988.[247] The case was dismissed when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh refused to declassify information needed for his defense in 1990.[248]

• Inslaw Affair (1985–1994+); a protracted legal case that alleged that top-level officials of President Ronald Reagan's (R) Department of Justice were involved in copyright infringement of the Promis program from Inslaw Inc. forcing it into bankruptcy.[249] Attorney General Edwin Meese (R) and his successor Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R) were both found to have blocked the investigation of the matter.[250] They were succeeded by Attorney General William P. Barr (R), who also refused to investigate and no charges were ever filed.[249]

1. D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]
2. C. Madison Brewer A high ranking Justice Department official was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]

• Michael Deaver Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000[252]
• Sewergate A scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration.

1. Anne Gorsuch Burford Head of the EPA. Cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress citing "Executive Privilege",[253] whereupon she was found in Contempt and resigned with twenty of her top employees.(1980)[254]
2. Rita Lavelle An EPA Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misused "superfund" monies and was convicted of perjury. She served six months in prison, was fined $10,000 and given five years probation.[255]

• Melvyn R. Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Ronald Reagan. As part of the long-runningOperation Ill Wind defense procurement investigation, Paisley was to four years in prison without parole.[256]
• Louis O. Giuffrida (R) director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was appointed in April 1981 by Ronald Reagan and resigned his position on September 1, 1985. His announcement came a day before a Congressional subcommittee was to approve a report detailing waste, fraud, and abuse at his agency.[257]
• Fred J. Villella, Deputy Director at Federal Emergency Management Agency, had more than $70,000 in renovations made to part of a dormitory at an agency training center in Maryland for use as a residence, including an $11,000 stove, wet bar, microwave oven, fireplace and cherrywood cabinets. Villella accepted free tickets to the same Republican fund-raisers as Giuffrida and also was accused of using a FEMA security guard for private errands. He resigned in 1984.(1984)[258][259]
• J. Lynn Helms was appointed head of the Federal Aviation Administration by Ronald Reagan in April 1981. He was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with diverting $1.2 million from an issue of tax-exempt municipal bonds to his own personal use. Mr. Helms signed an order that settled the case before trial, though he resigned his FAA post.[260][261]
• Veterans Administration Chief Bob Nimmo was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He resigned one year later just before a General Accounting Office report criticized him for improper such use of government funds.(1982)[262][263]
• John Fedders was appointed chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Ronald Reagan.[264] He was asked to resign his position after divorce proceedings, during which he admitted beating his wife.[265][266]
• Peter Voss was appointed to the US Postal Service Board of Governors in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and fined $11,000 for theft and accepting payoffs. He resigned his office in 1986, when he pleaded guilty.[267][268]
• J. William Petro (R) U.S. Attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan was dismissed and fined for tipping off an acquaintance about an ongoing Secret Service investigation.(1984)[269][270]
• William H. Kennedy United States Attorney in San Diego, was dismissed by President Reagan after he made improper comments about a pending criminal case.”(1982)[271]

And?

 

[Synthaholic]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Jesus you are dumb.....

Oh, really?

• Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, as well as private defense contractors.

1. Melvyn Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1981 by Republican President Ronald Reagan,[212]was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pled guilty to bribery, resigned his office and served four years in prison.[213]
2. James E. Gaines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, took over when Paisley resigned his office.[214] He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison.[215]
3. Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pled guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the government.[216]

• Housing and Urban Development Scandal A scandal concerning bribery by selected contractors for low income housing projects.

1. Samuel Pierce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he made "full and public written acceptance of responsibility" was not charged.[217]
2. James G. Watt Secretary of Interior, 1981–1983, charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service[218]
3. Deborah Gore Dean (R) Executive Assistant to (Samuel Pierce, Secretary of HUD 1981–1987, and not charged). Dean was convicted of 12 counts of perjury, conspiracy, bribery. Sentenced to 21 months in prison. (1987)[219]
4. Phillip D. Winn Assistant Secretary of HUD, 1981–1982, pled guilty to bribery in 1994.[219]
5. Thomas Demery, Assistant Secretary of HUD, pled guilty to bribery and obstruction.[219]
6. Joseph A. Strauss, Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD, convicted of accepting payments to favor Puerto Rican land developers in receiving HUD funding.[220]
7. Silvio D. DeBartolomeis convicted of perjury and bribery.[221]

• Wedtech scandal Wedtech Corporation convicted of bribery for Defense Department contracts

1. Edwin Meese Attorney General, resigned but never convicted.[222]
2. Lyn Nofziger White House Press Secretary, whose conviction of lobbying was overturned.[223]
3. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[224]
4. Robert García (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[225]

• Savings and loan scandal in which 747 institutions failed and had to be rescued with $160,000,000,000 of taxpayer monies in connection with the Keating Five. see Legislative scandals.[226]
• Emanuel S. Savas, appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, resigned July 8, 1983 after an internal Justice Department investigation found he had abused his office by having his Government staff work on his private book on Government time.[227][228]
• Iran-Contra Affair (1985–1986); A plan conceived by CIA head William Casey and Oliver North of the National Security Council to sell TOW missiles to Iran for the return of US hostages and then use part of the money received to fund Contra rebels trying to overthrow the left wing government of Nicaragua, which was in direct violation of Congress'Boland Amendment.[229] Ronald Reagan appeared on TV stating there was no "arms for hostages" deal, but was later forced to admit, also on TV, that yes, there indeed had been:

1. Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense, was indicted on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992.[230] Weinberger received a pardon from George H. W. Bush on December 24, 1992, before he was tried.[231]
2. William Casey Head of the CIA. Thought to have conceived the plan, was stricken ill hours before he would testify. Reporter Bob Woodward records that Casey knew of and approved the plan.[232]
3. Robert C. McFarlane National Security Adviser, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[233]
4. Elliott Abrams Asst Sec of State, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[234] Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Summary of Prosecutions.
5. Alan D. Fiers Chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force, convicted of withholding evidence and sentenced to one year probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[229]
6. Clair George Chief of Covert Ops-CIA, convicted on 2 charges of perjury, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush before sentencing.[235]
7. Oliver North convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the ruling was overturned since he had been granted immunity.[236]
8. Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary was given immunity from prosecution on charges of conspiracy and destroying documents in exchange for her testimony.[237]
9. John Poindexter National Security Advisor (R) convicted of 5 counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence. The Supreme Court overturned this ruling.[238]
10. Duane Clarridge An ex-CIA senior official, he was indicted in November 1991 on 7 counts of perjury and false statements relating to a November 1985 shipment to Iran. Pardoned before trial by President George H. W. Bush.[239][240]
11. Richard V. Secord Ex-major general in the Air Force who organized the Iran arms sales and Contra aid. He pleaded guilty in November 1989 to making false statements to Congress. Sentenced to two years of probation.[241][242]
12. Albert Hakim A businessman, pled guilty in November 1989 to supplementing the salary of Oliver North by buying him a $13,800 fence. Hakim was given two years of probation and a $5,000 fine, while his company, Lake Resources Inc. was ordered to dissolve.[241][243]
13. Thomas G. Clines Once an intelligence official who became an arms dealer, he was convicted in September 1990 on four income tax counts, including underreporting of income to the IRS and lying about not having foreign accounts. Sentenced to 16 months of prison and fined $40,000.[241][244]
14. Carl R. Channell A fund-raiser for conservative causes, he pleaded guilty in April 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization to fund the Contras.[245] Sentenced to two years probation.[241]
15. Richard R. Miller Associate to Carl R. Channell, he pleaded guilty in May 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization led by Channell. More precisely, he pled guilty to lying to the IRS about the deductibility of donations to the organization. Some of the donations were used to fund the Contras.[246] Sentenced to two years of probation and 120 of community service.[241]
16. Joseph F. Fernandez CIA Station Chief of Costa Rica. Indicted on five counts in 1988.[247] The case was dismissed when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh refused to declassify information needed for his defense in 1990.[248]

• Inslaw Affair (1985–1994+); a protracted legal case that alleged that top-level officials of President Ronald Reagan's (R) Department of Justice were involved in copyright infringement of the Promis program from Inslaw Inc. forcing it into bankruptcy.[249] Attorney General Edwin Meese (R) and his successor Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R) were both found to have blocked the investigation of the matter.[250] They were succeeded by Attorney General William P. Barr (R), who also refused to investigate and no charges were ever filed.[249]

1. D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]
2. C. Madison Brewer A high ranking Justice Department official was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]

• Michael Deaver Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000[252]
• Sewergate A scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration.

1. Anne Gorsuch Burford Head of the EPA. Cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress citing "Executive Privilege",[253] whereupon she was found in Contempt and resigned with twenty of her top employees.(1980)[254]
2. Rita Lavelle An EPA Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misused "superfund" monies and was convicted of perjury. She served six months in prison, was fined $10,000 and given five years probation.[255]

• Melvyn R. Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Ronald Reagan. As part of the long-runningOperation Ill Wind defense procurement investigation, Paisley was to four years in prison without parole.[256]
• Louis O. Giuffrida (R) director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was appointed in April 1981 by Ronald Reagan and resigned his position on September 1, 1985. His announcement came a day before a Congressional subcommittee was to approve a report detailing waste, fraud, and abuse at his agency.[257]
• Fred J. Villella, Deputy Director at Federal Emergency Management Agency, had more than $70,000 in renovations made to part of a dormitory at an agency training center in Maryland for use as a residence, including an $11,000 stove, wet bar, microwave oven, fireplace and cherrywood cabinets. Villella accepted free tickets to the same Republican fund-raisers as Giuffrida and also was accused of using a FEMA security guard for private errands. He resigned in 1984.(1984)[258][259]
• J. Lynn Helms was appointed head of the Federal Aviation Administration by Ronald Reagan in April 1981. He was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with diverting $1.2 million from an issue of tax-exempt municipal bonds to his own personal use. Mr. Helms signed an order that settled the case before trial, though he resigned his FAA post.[260][261]
• Veterans Administration Chief Bob Nimmo was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He resigned one year later just before a General Accounting Office report criticized him for improper such use of government funds.(1982)[262][263]
• John Fedders was appointed chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Ronald Reagan.[264] He was asked to resign his position after divorce proceedings, during which he admitted beating his wife.[265][266]
• Peter Voss was appointed to the US Postal Service Board of Governors in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and fined $11,000 for theft and accepting payoffs. He resigned his office in 1986, when he pleaded guilty.[267][268]
• J. William Petro (R) U.S. Attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan was dismissed and fined for tipping off an acquaintance about an ongoing Secret Service investigation.(1984)[269][270]
• William H. Kennedy United States Attorney in San Diego, was dismissed by President Reagan after he made improper comments about a pending criminal case.”(1982)[271]

And?

And what? All of those were just from Reagan's administration.

It was the most criminal, most corrupt administration in U.S. history.

 

[RandallFlagg]

Reagan: The most criminal administration in U.S. history.

Jesus you are dumb.....

Oh, really?

• Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, as well as private defense contractors.

1. Melvyn Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1981 by Republican President Ronald Reagan,[212]was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pled guilty to bribery, resigned his office and served four years in prison.[213]
2. James E. Gaines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, took over when Paisley resigned his office.[214] He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison.[215]
3. Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pled guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the government.[216]

• Housing and Urban Development Scandal A scandal concerning bribery by selected contractors for low income housing projects.

1. Samuel Pierce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he made "full and public written acceptance of responsibility" was not charged.[217]
2. James G. Watt Secretary of Interior, 1981–1983, charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service[218]
3. Deborah Gore Dean (R) Executive Assistant to (Samuel Pierce, Secretary of HUD 1981–1987, and not charged). Dean was convicted of 12 counts of perjury, conspiracy, bribery. Sentenced to 21 months in prison. (1987)[219]
4. Phillip D. Winn Assistant Secretary of HUD, 1981–1982, pled guilty to bribery in 1994.[219]
5. Thomas Demery, Assistant Secretary of HUD, pled guilty to bribery and obstruction.[219]
6. Joseph A. Strauss, Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD, convicted of accepting payments to favor Puerto Rican land developers in receiving HUD funding.[220]
7. Silvio D. DeBartolomeis convicted of perjury and bribery.[221]

• Wedtech scandal Wedtech Corporation convicted of bribery for Defense Department contracts

1. Edwin Meese Attorney General, resigned but never convicted.[222]
2. Lyn Nofziger White House Press Secretary, whose conviction of lobbying was overturned.[223]
3. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[224]
4. Robert García (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[225]

• Savings and loan scandal in which 747 institutions failed and had to be rescued with $160,000,000,000 of taxpayer monies in connection with the Keating Five. see Legislative scandals.[226]
• Emanuel S. Savas, appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, resigned July 8, 1983 after an internal Justice Department investigation found he had abused his office by having his Government staff work on his private book on Government time.[227][228]
• Iran-Contra Affair (1985–1986); A plan conceived by CIA head William Casey and Oliver North of the National Security Council to sell TOW missiles to Iran for the return of US hostages and then use part of the money received to fund Contra rebels trying to overthrow the left wing government of Nicaragua, which was in direct violation of Congress'Boland Amendment.[229] Ronald Reagan appeared on TV stating there was no "arms for hostages" deal, but was later forced to admit, also on TV, that yes, there indeed had been:

1. Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense, was indicted on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992.[230] Weinberger received a pardon from George H. W. Bush on December 24, 1992, before he was tried.[231]
2. William Casey Head of the CIA. Thought to have conceived the plan, was stricken ill hours before he would testify. Reporter Bob Woodward records that Casey knew of and approved the plan.[232]
3. Robert C. McFarlane National Security Adviser, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[233]
4. Elliott Abrams Asst Sec of State, convicted of withholding evidence, but after a plea bargain was given only 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[234] Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Summary of Prosecutions.
5. Alan D. Fiers Chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force, convicted of withholding evidence and sentenced to one year probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush[229]
6. Clair George Chief of Covert Ops-CIA, convicted on 2 charges of perjury, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush before sentencing.[235]
7. Oliver North convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the ruling was overturned since he had been granted immunity.[236]
8. Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary was given immunity from prosecution on charges of conspiracy and destroying documents in exchange for her testimony.[237]
9. John Poindexter National Security Advisor (R) convicted of 5 counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence. The Supreme Court overturned this ruling.[238]
10. Duane Clarridge An ex-CIA senior official, he was indicted in November 1991 on 7 counts of perjury and false statements relating to a November 1985 shipment to Iran. Pardoned before trial by President George H. W. Bush.[239][240]
11. Richard V. Secord Ex-major general in the Air Force who organized the Iran arms sales and Contra aid. He pleaded guilty in November 1989 to making false statements to Congress. Sentenced to two years of probation.[241][242]
12. Albert Hakim A businessman, pled guilty in November 1989 to supplementing the salary of Oliver North by buying him a $13,800 fence. Hakim was given two years of probation and a $5,000 fine, while his company, Lake Resources Inc. was ordered to dissolve.[241][243]
13. Thomas G. Clines Once an intelligence official who became an arms dealer, he was convicted in September 1990 on four income tax counts, including underreporting of income to the IRS and lying about not having foreign accounts. Sentenced to 16 months of prison and fined $40,000.[241][244]
14. Carl R. Channell A fund-raiser for conservative causes, he pleaded guilty in April 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization to fund the Contras.[245] Sentenced to two years probation.[241]
15. Richard R. Miller Associate to Carl R. Channell, he pleaded guilty in May 1987 to defrauding the IRS via a tax-exempt organization led by Channell. More precisely, he pled guilty to lying to the IRS about the deductibility of donations to the organization. Some of the donations were used to fund the Contras.[246] Sentenced to two years of probation and 120 of community service.[241]
16. Joseph F. Fernandez CIA Station Chief of Costa Rica. Indicted on five counts in 1988.[247] The case was dismissed when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh refused to declassify information needed for his defense in 1990.[248]

• Inslaw Affair (1985–1994+); a protracted legal case that alleged that top-level officials of President Ronald Reagan's (R) Department of Justice were involved in copyright infringement of the Promis program from Inslaw Inc. forcing it into bankruptcy.[249] Attorney General Edwin Meese (R) and his successor Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R) were both found to have blocked the investigation of the matter.[250] They were succeeded by Attorney General William P. Barr (R), who also refused to investigate and no charges were ever filed.[249]

1. D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]
2. C. Madison Brewer A high ranking Justice Department official was held in Contempt of Congress.[251]

• Michael Deaver Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000[252]
• Sewergate A scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration.

1. Anne Gorsuch Burford Head of the EPA. Cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress citing "Executive Privilege",[253] whereupon she was found in Contempt and resigned with twenty of her top employees.(1980)[254]
2. Rita Lavelle An EPA Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misused "superfund" monies and was convicted of perjury. She served six months in prison, was fined $10,000 and given five years probation.[255]

• Melvyn R. Paisley, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Ronald Reagan. As part of the long-runningOperation Ill Wind defense procurement investigation, Paisley was to four years in prison without parole.[256]
• Louis O. Giuffrida (R) director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was appointed in April 1981 by Ronald Reagan and resigned his position on September 1, 1985. His announcement came a day before a Congressional subcommittee was to approve a report detailing waste, fraud, and abuse at his agency.[257]
• Fred J. Villella, Deputy Director at Federal Emergency Management Agency, had more than $70,000 in renovations made to part of a dormitory at an agency training center in Maryland for use as a residence, including an $11,000 stove, wet bar, microwave oven, fireplace and cherrywood cabinets. Villella accepted free tickets to the same Republican fund-raisers as Giuffrida and also was accused of using a FEMA security guard for private errands. He resigned in 1984.(1984)[258][259]
• J. Lynn Helms was appointed head of the Federal Aviation Administration by Ronald Reagan in April 1981. He was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with diverting $1.2 million from an issue of tax-exempt municipal bonds to his own personal use. Mr. Helms signed an order that settled the case before trial, though he resigned his FAA post.[260][261]
• Veterans Administration Chief Bob Nimmo was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He resigned one year later just before a General Accounting Office report criticized him for improper such use of government funds.(1982)[262][263]
• John Fedders was appointed chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Ronald Reagan.[264] He was asked to resign his position after divorce proceedings, during which he admitted beating his wife.[265][266]
• Peter Voss was appointed to the US Postal Service Board of Governors in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and fined $11,000 for theft and accepting payoffs. He resigned his office in 1986, when he pleaded guilty.[267][268]
• J. William Petro (R) U.S. Attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan was dismissed and fined for tipping off an acquaintance about an ongoing Secret Service investigation.(1984)[269][270]
• William H. Kennedy United States Attorney in San Diego, was dismissed by President Reagan after he made improper comments about a pending criminal case.”(1982)[271]

And?

And what? All of those were just from Reagan's administration.

It was the most criminal, most corrupt administration in U.S. history.

And?

 

[HenryBHough]

Reagan certainly did strike terror in Gorbachev's heart. Sufficient terror that Gorbie DID tear down that wall.

Maybe we need a terrorist president every dozen years or so!

 

[RandallFlagg]

Reagan certainly did strike terror in Gorbachev's heart. Sufficient terror that Gorbie DID tear down that wall.

Maybe we need a terrorist president every dozen years or so!

I want a President that the world respects (sometime perhaps, out of fear) rather than the clown we have now - that the world laughs at. And it is common knowledge - Obama is a fucking idiot.

 

[HenryBHough]

I want a President that the world respects (sometime perhaps, out of fear) rather than the clown we have now - that the world laughs at. And it is common knowledge - Obama is a fucking idiot.

I'll buy the "idiot" part but as to the rest.....do those pickanninies look enough like Him to lend credibility? No, really?

 

[LogikAndReazon]

The only folks taking sanders seriously are communal hippies living in the past and mindless occutards with no clue about the future.....