Brubricker
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Tell us what the man did well for the country. Give us an honest list of his achievements here.
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Tell us what the man did well for the country. Give us an honest list of his achievements here.
Its interestingReagans reputation has risen with both the public and historians the further we get in memory from his actual presidencywhich I think is a huge tribute to both the myth-making machinery created by the likes of Grover Norquist and the mainstream medias willingness to embrace the myth.
For example, in March 1990, some 13 months after Reagan left the Oval Office, Reagans popularity (59 percent) had dipped below that of Jimmy Carter (62 percent). Two major surveys of historians in the mid-1990s rated Reagans presidency as below average, not one of the all-time greats.
Ironically, it was those historian rankings that inspired Norquist, the Heritage Foundation, and others to begin what became the Ronald Reagan Legacy Projectthe group that aims to name schools, roads, etc., for the Gipper in every U.S. countyand related activities.
A key part of that myth-building was the notion that Reagan was largely responsible for winning the Cold Wara premise that was rejected, according to a USA Today poll in 1989, when it was actually happening, by Americans crediting Mikhail Gorbachev for the reforms instead. You see the fruits of that effort today; professorsarguably eager to show theyre not tools of liberal biasnow rate Reagan as high as the Top Ten of U.S. presidents, and public opinion of the 40th president is fairly high as well.
He also provided us leadership we could trust and admire [for the right reasons] merely with his personality....not by using talking heads, magazines, and massive media campaigns to polish his image.
Has anyone noticed how dorky Obama looks when he takes his suit off and just goes casual?
He looks like a skinny kid. That is the real Obama.
Reagan was someone we could admire regardless what he was wearing.
Obama.......pfffft.
Only when Reagan agreed to resume serious arms limitation talks with the Russians, and toned down bellicose rhetoric, did fears of nuclear was recede and matters improve. The summits with Gorbachev at Geneva and Reykjavik marked this progress.
chickenhawk?American peacekeeping forces in Beirut, a part of a multinational force during the Lebanese Civil War who had been earlier deployed by Reagan, were attacked on October 23, 1983. The Beirut barracks bombing resulted in the deaths of 241 American servicemen by suicide bombers. Reagan called the attack "despicable", pledged to keep a military force in Lebanon, and planned to target the Sheik Abdullah barracks in Baalbek, Lebanon, training ground for Hezbollah fighters,[132][133] but the mission was later aborted. On February 7, 1984, President Reagan ordered the Marines to begin withdrawal from Lebanon.
He made looking down on the poor patriotic.
Raygun had little or nothing to do with the break down of the Soviet Union. The SU started crumbling long before Raygun came to power....
Yes, but he did do an excellent job of bamboozling conservatives into worshipping him for simply being in the right place at the right time.Raygun had little or nothing to do with the break down of the Soviet Union. The SU started crumbling long before Raygun came to power....
Tell us what the man did well for the country. Give us an honest list of his achievements here.
He also provided us leadership we could trust and admire [for the right reasons] merely with his personality....not by using talking heads, magazines, and massive media campaigns to polish his image.
Has anyone noticed how dorky Obama looks when he takes his suit off and just goes casual?
He looks like a skinny kid. That is the real Obama.
Reagan was someone we could admire regardless what he was wearing.
Obama.......pfffft.
When you get around to dealing with reality---compare Reagan's popularity during his first few years with Obama's.
Only when Reagan agreed to resume serious arms limitation talks with the Russians, and toned down bellicose rhetoric, did fears of nuclear was recede and matters improve. The summits with Gorbachev at Geneva and Reykjavik marked this progress.
Raygun had little or nothing to do with the break down of the Soviet Union. The SU started crumbling long before Raygun came to power....
Tell us what the man did well for the country. Give us an honest list of his achievements here.