GOP Legacy From Reagan To GW Bush.

[Procrustes Stretched]

Fabrication, cruel and counterproductive policies at home and abroad, bloating of the deficit, widening the gap between rich and poor, creating a politicized government bureaucracy: These are the Reagan & Bush legacies. As Republican candidates seek to portray themselves as Tribunes of the People, their Democratic opponents need to remind Americans exactly what they are in real life; by their deeds not their words. -a little artistic license

New GOP Party Symbol:

 

[concept]

Fabrication, cruel and counterproductive policies at home and abroad, bloating of the deficit, widening the gap between rich and poor, creating a politicized government bureaucracy: These are the Reagan & Bush legacies. As Republican candidates seek to portray themselves as Tribunes of the People, their Democratic opponents need to remind Americans exactly what they are in real life; by their deeds not their words. -a little artistic license

New GOP Party Symbol:

So libs were a no show in executive and legislative positions during those years?

Or were they there but were just too stupid to do anything? Clinton didn't exist? His administration did not come up with Regime change in Iraq?

Obama hasn't adopted Bush's foreign policy so far? I mean come on man. Take the blinders off.

You moonbats are too much.
Your tired DU and Kos talking points are just sooo old. You are completely deluded.

The trouble with you libs is that you spend too much time talking with other braindead libs and then come onto the other forums like this and spew this crap as if it's truth.

 

[skookerasbil]

Fabrication, cruel and counterproductive policies at home and abroad, bloating of the deficit, widening the gap between rich and poor, creating a politicized government bureaucracy: These are the Reagan & Bush legacies. As Republican candidates seek to portray themselves as Tribunes of the People, their Democratic opponents need to remind Americans exactly what they are in real life; by their deeds not their words. -a little artistic license

New GOP Party Symbol:

"bloating the deficit".........................


nobody cares............ Its 2009 s0n!!

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

when wingnuts fly...

OMFG, how pathetic you guys are

 

[REVxERIK]

when wingnuts fly...

OMFG, how pathetic you guys are

come on guys this bickering over who's better gets us nowhere

 

[SwingVoter]

Yeah, we really didn't need Reagan to bring down the Berlin Wall, create 15 million jobs in 8 years, and cut inflation 75%. We should have just let Carter's inflation, gas lines, and hostage crisis continue another 4 years.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

when wingnuts fly...

OMFG, how pathetic you guys are

come on guys this bickering over who's better gets us nowhere

Who is better is not the point. Who is worse is.

 

[SwingVoter]

Who is worse is.

Besides Reagan, who most of you left-wing nuts can't admit was an effective leader, recent GOP presidents have been pretty bad. W was the worst pres. since Carter. Daddy Bush was wobbly and deserved not to get re-elected. Ford was forgettable, Nixon a criminal.

Clinton was pretty good, but was helped by a Congress that stopped his wife's horrendous health care bill from passing. Nonetheless, he signed NAFTA and a capital gains tax cut which many conservatives seem to have forgotten about. Carter was the worst post-war pres by a mile, possibly worst of the century. Johnson was pretty bad, but not as bad as W. Kennedy had balls.

So I'd say GOP presidents tend to be worse than Dem presidents, but they've also given us the best one we've had since WW2.

 

[rdean]

Republicans like to call names.

They could argue that Republicans didn't raise the deficit, but can't because they did.

They always say they are "pro" education except for science.

They say they want "freedom" but then want to shackle the government with religion.

They are anti all the "isms", communism, facsism, but don't know what any of those mean.

They are anti government health care but say, "Don't touch my medicare".

Sad, really.

 

[manifold]

Note: Quote edited for clarity.

 

[SwingVoter]

They are anti government health care but say, "Don't touch my medicare".

This is why GOP is so full of it. The biggest expansion of gov't healthcare since LBJ was Bush's Medicare Drug plan, the cost of which will far exceed Obama's stimulus. Yet no Republican was talking about socialized medicine when they passed that awful bill because most of them voted for it.

GOP is popular with old people, so the claims about supporting limited gov't are mostly public relations. In practice, they've made far greater efforts to raid the treasury to support senior citizens than they have to cut spending.

 

[SwingVoter]

Republicans like to call names.

Unlike the Democrats, who promote open debate by labeling anyone who disagrees with them a "racist".

 

[Oddball]

Republicans like to call names.

Unlike the Democrats, who promote open debate by labeling anyone who disagrees with them a "racist".

Or mean spirited, cold hearted, selfish, greedy, sexist, bigoted, cat kickers, who want to throw the holy pooooor and the chiiillllldreeeennnn out into the streets to starve and/or die from lack of health care.

 

[REVxERIK]

Republicans like to call names.

Unlike the Democrats, who promote open debate by labeling anyone who disagrees with them a "racist".

oh snap!

 

[obama2ndterm]

the Reagan administration spent three times more money than it took in!


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[SwingVoter]

the Reagan administration spent three times more money than it took in!

More like 15%, but I know how a lot of you political types aren't good at math. Also, you don't need to place bold tags to make factually incorrect statements. You can do that equally well in plain text.

 

[rightwinger]

The largest legacy (which applies to both parties) is the destruction of Congress. With the current partisan animosity you need 60% plurality and a sitting President to get anything done.

Gone are the days of working out a deal, compromising and gaining bipartisan support. Party loyalty takes precidence over individual integrity. Our government is in deadlock, we are in the midst of wide swings to the right followed by wide swings to the left......there is no middle ground anymore

 

[garyd]

Presidents don't raise deficits congress does. And the Dems are currently responsibel for about 80% of the US federal Deficit and by 2010 nearly 90%. Reagan never had a Republican congress and in the Fifty-nine years since 1950 the democrats have controlled one or both houses of congress for 49 of them.

RW what's to compromise? The party of the left and all too many Republicans are willing to spend us into the poor house. Sorry the truth not only isn't always in the middle it seldom if ever is.

 

[namvet]

when wingnuts fly...

OMFG, how pathetic you guys are

"Mayday. Mayday. I'm being held by a pig lady." -Island of Doctor Moreau

and how totally fuckin' nuts your are

 

[namvet]

Gone are the days of working out a deal, compromising and gaining bipartisan support. Party loyalty takes precidence over individual integrity. Our government is in deadlock, we are in the midst of wide swings to the right followed by wide swings to the left......there is no middle ground anymore