Gads, you're a fool
At the point where Reagan took over, everyone imagined that the Soviet Union was unstoppable, their world domination was inevitable.
Reagan beat them without firing a shot and also left office with this gift for America: a golden age of economic benefits for every American.
He sure did, he was too busy tucking and running..
As the saying goes, if Reagan could walk on water, you'd carp about his being unable to swim.
Imagine how you'd crow if the snake in the White House had Reagan's record of accomplishments.
Like dealing with Iran, the Contra, yes, such a legacy..
Loosing at Lebanon
Giving amnesty to illegals, millions of them...Such border control? No?
Tax increases to the poor, tax cuts for the rich...Yeah, what a guy...
Closed US bases, while maintaining overseas...Money well spent supporting foreign communities...
Drug War casualties include former right to privacy issues and violation of do process for confiscating property..
Such a legacy....
"Like dealing with Iran, the Contra, yes, such a legacy..."
Let's not forget that the issue was about the Democrat love of communism....
The Democrat Congress was strongly in favor of the communists of Nicaragua, and the scandal was an attempt to tie the hands of the President, who was strongly anti-communist. And, congressional attempts to conduct foreign policy were, at the very least, constitutionally dubious. Reagan often complained that it was not possible to carry out foreign policy with 535 secretaries of state in Congress.
See
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents: From Wilson to Obama,"
by Steven F. Hayward