President Ronald Reagan In His Own Words

[Sallow]

Dunno.

They might have just dropped the whole thing and supported bloodthirsty nun raping Contras..or maybe selling Cocaine to school kids.

Well not really.

That was Ronald Reagan.

Conservative Hero.

Yet he won a landlside election and his VP won the following election, if only you had posted that youtube video prior to those elections!

Umm that speech is dated 1987 Reagan ran again after that?
since he was president from 81-89 I think you are badly mistaken.

You need to get out of Reagan mythology and deal in reality a bit.

He also competely skips the influence of Atwater. The guy had absolutely no scruples..but man..he knew how to run a campaign.

 

[driveby]

However that speech was what you were referring to with your post.

Strange how posting facts is bashing.

Which is why i mentioned Bush winning in 1988, but if you wanna hang your hat on that, have at it......

You sell used cars?

Yeah, hybrid and electric ones, they're the best! .....

 

[driveby]

Reagan's leadership brought the international nightmare of the Cold War to a conclusion. Many historians aver that he also restored a sense of honor and trust to the White House, which had been so tarnished by the events in the years that preceded his taking office, including the Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers, and the Watergate scandal. Ronald Reagan had refashioned the American presidency.

This is how Reagan was remebered by most Americans, except for maybe the 18% or so kook fringe you moonbats belong to. Those are the facts, deal with it......

 

[Missourian]

A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken February 9–11, 2007, asked 1006 adults in the US, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"
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Abraham Lincoln (18%)
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Ronald Reagan (16%)
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John F. Kennedy (14%)
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Bill Clinton (13%)
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Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
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Other/None/No opinion (8%)
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George Washington (7%)
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Harry Truman (3%)
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George W. Bush (2%)
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Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
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Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
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Thomas Jefferson (2%)
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Jimmy Carter (2%)
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I love to post this poll.
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Not only does it piss off the liberals....it prove the smear campaign is still failing miserably.

 

[driveby]

A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken February 9–11, 2007, asked 1006 adults in the US, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"
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Abraham Lincoln (18%)
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Ronald Reagan (16%)
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John F. Kennedy (14%)
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Bill Clinton (13%)
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Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
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Other/None/No opinion (8%)
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George Washington (7%)
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Harry Truman (3%)
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George W. Bush (2%)
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Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
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Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
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Thomas Jefferson (2%)
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Jimmy Carter (2%)
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I love to post this poll.
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Not only does it piss off the liberals....it prove the smear campaign is still failing miserably.

Damn! If all Americans had only seen the moonbat posting going on in this thread before that poll, the outcome would have been totally different! .....

 

[Sallow]

Reagan's leadership brought the international nightmare of the Cold War to a conclusion. Many historians aver that he also restored a sense of honor and trust to the White House, which had been so tarnished by the events in the years that preceded his taking office, including the Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers, and the Watergate scandal. Ronald Reagan had refashioned the American presidency.

This is how Reagan was remebered by most Americans, except for maybe the 18% or so kook fringe you moonbats belong to. Those are the facts, deal with it......

Most people like deep fried food too.

Doesn't mean it's good for ya..

 

[Sallow]

A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken February 9–11, 2007, asked 1006 adults in the US, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"
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Abraham Lincoln (18%)
*
Ronald Reagan (16%)
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John F. Kennedy (14%)
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Bill Clinton (13%)
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Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
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Other/None/No opinion (8%)
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George Washington (7%)
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Harry Truman (3%)
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George W. Bush (2%)
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Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
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Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
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Thomas Jefferson (2%)
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Jimmy Carter (2%)
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I love to post this poll.
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Not only does it piss off the liberals....it prove the smear campaign is still failing miserably.

Are you suggesting that Reagan wasn't involved in Iran Contra? That the Bond Market didn't collapse under Reagan? That there weren't bank failures? That there weren't bailouts?

Really?

 

[driveby]

Nutrition info for deep fried turkey breast:

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 slice - 28g

Amount per Serving
Calories 30 Calories from Fat 5
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 260mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 5g 10%


Not too shabby ......

 

[uscitizen]

A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken February 9–11, 2007, asked 1006 adults in the US, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"
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Abraham Lincoln (18%)
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Ronald Reagan (16%)
*
John F. Kennedy (14%)
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Bill Clinton (13%)
*
Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
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Other/None/No opinion (8%)
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George Washington (7%)
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Harry Truman (3%)
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George W. Bush (2%)
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Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
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Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
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Thomas Jefferson (2%)
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Jimmy Carter (2%)
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I love to post this poll.
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Not only does it piss off the liberals....it prove the smear campaign is still failing miserably.

I suppose it does piss them off. GWB and Carter rated the same.

 

[Sallow]

Nutrition info for deep fried turkey breast:

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 slice - 28g

Amount per Serving
Calories 30 Calories from Fat 5
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 260mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 5g 10%


Not too shabby ......

Come on..given a choice I bet you'd rather get the Fried Chicken or Chicken Fried Steak.

 

[Jroc]

President Ronald Reagan In His Own Words

"Government can and must provide opportunity...foster productivity..." - President Ronald Reagan - 1981 - Inaugural Address


"How can we love our county and not love our countrymen, and loving them reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they're sick, and provide opportunity to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory?" - Reagan reflecting on "the compassion that is so much a part of the make up of America."

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Ronald Reagan February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004

This Sunday will be Reagan's 100th birthday. What can we do to show the man in his own words? Plenty.

Are you working for Obama? Give me a break you have no idea what Reagan was about quit perpetrating you're bullshit.

I lived through his recession, his bullshit and I've read much on his legacy...the true legacy, not the Conservative hype that goes by the name of The Reagan Legacy Project

How Republicans created the myth of Ronald Reagan
With the Gipper's reputation flagging after Clinton, neoconservatives launched a stealthy campaign to remake him as a "great" president. The Reagan Legacy Project

You wanted Reagan in his own word I gave them to you in context not the bulshit out of context bits and pieces you posted

 

[Jroc]

Created or saved 80 million jobs......

Ushered in some of the biggest financial/bank meltdowns in history. And started the wave of bailouts.

Pretty good for a treasonous President.

he did sell arms for hostages...and lied about it to the American people. YEt the same tools that love him hate Clinton because he lied about a private affair.

gawd, the right is so morally bankrupt,.

Reagan never did anything for personnel gain everything he did was for the good of the country unlike you libs, which is most of what you do

 

[Jroc]

Do you two ride the same short bus as rdean?

Sucks not to have a good defense.

Especially when we are talking about a Conservative messiah..

Sorry buddy..he screwed the pooch..not as bad as W..but pretty much in the wide open.

Where everyone could see.

Your the one thats clueless kind of funy how your boy Obummer wants to act as if he's Reagan all of the sudden. I guess that tells you somthing doesn't it?

 

[uscitizen]

Obama is another Bush not a Reagan.

 

[Jroc]

Yep...had my SSI cut off.

He also instituted Taxes for Tips and unemployment I believe.

But the crowning achievement was skating on Iran/Contra while violating the Constitution.

Treason was never so well loved by the American people.

and lets not forget that he cut off such personal income tax deductions as.
Income averaging.
interest on personal loans, credit cards, car loans, etc.
Tax paid on fuel.
And more which I forget right now.

He was against debt and increased it on a huge scale.
He started the ball rolling on the late 20th century mantra of GOP Conservatives "The Deficit doesn't matter"

HOW DID THE REAGAN TAX CUTS AFFECT THE U.S. TREASURY?

Many critics of reducing taxes claim that the Reagan tax cuts drained the U.S. Treasury. The reality is that federal revenues increased significantly between 1980 and 1990:

Total federal revenues doubled from just over $517 billion in 1980 to more than $1 trillion in 1990. In constant inflation-adjusted dollars, this was a 28 percent increase in revenue.3

As a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), federal revenues declined only slightly from 18.9 percent in 1980 to 18 percent in 1990.4

Revenues from individual income taxes climbed from just over $244 billion in 1980 to nearly $467 billion in 1990.5 In inflation-adjusted dollars, this amounts to a 25 percent increase.
HOW DID REAGAN'S POLICIES AFFECT FEDERAL SPENDING?
Although critics continue to focus on President Reagan's budget "cuts," federal spending rose significantly during the 1980s:

Federal spending more than doubled, growing from almost $591 billion in 1980 to $1.25 trillion in 1990. In constant inflation-adjusted dollars, this was an increase of 35.8 percent.6

As a percentage of GDP, federal expenditures grew slightly from 21.6 percent in 1980 to 21.8 percent in 1990.7

Contrary to popular myth, while inflation-adjusted defense spending increased by 50 percent between 1980 and 1989, it was curtailed when the Cold War ended and fell by 15 percent between 1989 and 1993. However, means-tested entitlements, which do not include Social Security or Medicare, rose by over 102 percent between 1980 and 1993, and they have continued climbing ever since.8

CONCLUSION
No matter how advocates of big government try to rewrite history, Ronald Reagan's record of fiscal responsibility continues to stand as the most successful economic policy of the 20th century. His tax reforms triggered an economic expansion that continues to this day. His investments in national security ended the Cold War and made possible the subsequent defense spending reductions that are largely responsible for the current federal surpluses. His efforts to restrain the expansion of federal government helped to limit the growth of domestic spending.

If Reagan's critics had been willing to work with him to limit domestic spending even further and to control the growth of entitlements, the budget would have been balanced five to ten years sooner and without the massive tax increase imposed in 1993. Today, Members of Congress from across the political spectrum should stand on the evidence and defend the Reagan record.



The Real Reagan Economic Record: Responsible and Successful Fiscal Policy | The Heritage Foundation

 

[driveby]

It's hilarious how these moonbats want to falsely frame Reagan as a traitor when they all voted for a draft dodger in the 90's and an america hating radical over an american hero in 2008....

 

[Jroc]

It's hilarious how these moonbats want to falsely frame Reagan as a traitor when they all voted for a draft dodger in the 90's and an america hating radical over an american hero in 2008....

The libs hate Reagan because of what he stood for, no surprise there. They slam the founders as racist, they site the 3/5th clause as evidence of that, which is totally the opposite of the truth. Its the dumbing down of this country by the libs, revisionists history liberals love ignorance The less people know the easier it is for them to step in with big government to "fix" it

 

[Synthaholic]

It's hilarious how these moonbats want to falsely frame Reagan as a traitor when they all voted for a draft dodger in the 90's and an america hating radical over an american hero in 2008....

The libs hate Reagan because of what he stood for, no surprise there.

Correct. He stood for corporations over citizens, fundamentalist charlatans over womens' rights, supporting murderers in Nicaragua and Iraq, and violating the Constitution.

You're damn right we hated what he stood for!

 

[uscitizen]

Where we are now pretty much began under Reagan and Newt.

 

[Mr Natural]

Reagan was an actor. He had no words of his own.