1. Ronald Reagan attained the presidency following the most inept President in my lifetime, James Carter. 6
Now wait a minute. I will neg rep you for this post. Not because your description of Reagan's policies and their effects are wrong (they aren't) but because you think Carter was the most inept president in your lifetime. And yet here you are living under Obama. He is certainly far more inept. Carter never contemplated anything as stupid as "cash for clunkers".