Adam Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Why? I think he overstated how good Reagan was, but IMHO, Reagan was a good President. I won't get into actual policy, but Reagan was very good at getting people to follow and believe in him. Sometimes that leads to a self fulfilling prophecy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I think he overstated how good Reagan was, but IMHO, Reagan was a good President. I won't get into actual policy, but Reagan was very good at getting people to follow and believe in him. Sometimes that leads to a self fulfilling prophecy. I highlighted the remark about Bush, not Reagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I highlighted the remark about Bush, not Reagan. My bad- although Bush wasn't a great president, I think the "Worst Ever" is hyperbole. I think the katrina stuff was American bureaucratic BS aty its best and don't blame him for that. He also wasn't the first (probably not the last) to wrongly lead us into the types of wars we are in now. Everything going on right now, has to be the best or worst, because we are dealing with people with five minute attention spans. I would list Reagan as the top republican president and Clinton as the top democrat presidents during my lifetime. I was too young to remember anyone before that. I am not sure we have had a truly great president since Abraham Lincoln, although history is starting to ease up on Nixon. I would like to read up on FDR and his period of time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 My bad- although Bush wasn't a great president, I think the "Worst Ever" is hyperbole. I think the katrina stuff was American bureaucratic BS aty its best and don't blame him for that. He also wasn't the first (probably not the last) to wrongly lead us into the types of wars we are in now. Everything going on right now, has to be the best or worst, because we are dealing with people with five minute attention spans. I would list Reagan as the top republican president and Clinton as the top democrat presidents during my lifetime. I was too young to remember anyone before that. I am not sure we have had a truly great president since Abraham Lincoln, although history is starting to ease up on Nixon. I would like to read up on FDR and his period of time though. If you put a gun to my head I would list the worst[in modern times] as LBJ, the best as Reagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 If you put a gun to my head I would list the worst[in modern times] as LBJ, the best as Reagan. Millard Filmore seemed pretty awful, at least from what I have heard about him. Although that was well before my time. In all fairness, a lot of things out of the control of who is president determine how they are perceived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Millard Filmore seemed pretty awful, at least from what I have heard about him. Although that was well before my time. In all fairness, a lot of things out of the control of who is president determine how they are perceived. I don't think poor Millard counts as "modern". My beef with LBJ was Viet Nam and how he let the press run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 If you put a gun to my head I would list the worst[in modern times] as LBJ, the best as Reagan. Worst, Carter. Best...Ike (depending on your definition of modern). Best in my lifetime, Reagan...but given that my lifetime begins with Nixon, that's not saying much (though Bush I is underappreciated, really.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Worst, Carter. Best...Ike (depending on your definition of modern). Best in my lifetime, Reagan...but given that my lifetime begins with Nixon, that's not saying much (though Bush I is underappreciated, really.) Carter was brutal, no doubt, [not many here remember 18% mortgages] but at lest he didn't check in with Walter Cronkite to see how to run a war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for proving my point. I had actually asked for some examples of oppressed minorities requesting equal rights and getting derided for it, which you failed to provide, and instead gave me a bunch of one liners taken out of context, most of which even out of context are not in themselves inherrently racist without the liberal race baiting interpretation of what they "really mean". So I guess I have my answer. You, like Conner, are just a liberal douche with nothing to back up your opinion. But thanks for playing, you're welcome to try again any time. Rush is an ass... that is a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Rush is an ass... that is a fact. What's wrong with Rush? Sure they're Canadian and Geddy Lee looks kind of creepy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) Rush is an ass... that is a fact. Rush may be an ass, but the only fact here is that the underlined statement up above isn't a fact. Edited December 7, 2010 by Magox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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