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Kath2

(3,074 posts)
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 12:54 AM Apr 2017

I was in college when Ronnie Raygun was elected.

I never dreamed I would dislike any president as much as I disliked him. Then came Bush 2 with his WMD lies and endless wars. Now there's Trump destroying the progress we made over the last 8 years. It is almost surreal to me that he ever got elected. This racist, sexist pig is already proving to be the worst president in my lifetime. I am an atheist but I pray to whatever for impeachment.

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I was in college when Ronnie Raygun was elected. (Original Post) Kath2 Apr 2017 OP
Actually with trump there is a real risk of undoing the progress made since FDR still_one Apr 2017 #1
Exactly. Kath2 Apr 2017 #2
I could have written the exact post, Kath2 yankeepants Apr 2017 #3
LOL. Kath2 Apr 2017 #4
when Reagan was elected Skittles Apr 2017 #10
I agree. Kath2 Apr 2017 #16
I thought that I hated Reagan the most until Trump came. Doreen Apr 2017 #5
That is very sad but I agree. Kath2 Apr 2017 #6
My roommates and I used to flip off the TV every time he came on. Kath2 Apr 2017 #9
I can't even watch a documentary about Reagan. LeftInTX Apr 2017 #13
He was a heartless bastard with absolutely no compassion. Kath2 Apr 2017 #15
He was heartless bastard packaged in a Normal Rockwell Americana veneer LeftInTX Apr 2017 #19
Excellent point. Kath2 Apr 2017 #20
I worked construction building homes for working familes. That ended really quick. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #7
I'm sure it did! Kath2 Apr 2017 #8
Actually, I think Trump may not only be the worst President ever, but very possibly the worst world wide wally Apr 2017 #11
Worse?: Anything the GOP throws out there is terrible for the middleclass/lower class. C Moon Apr 2017 #12
Ditto, to every word. NT MANative Apr 2017 #14
I never thought I'd look back on Dubya as the good old days. Vinca Apr 2017 #17
It really is tragic. Kath2 Apr 2017 #18
I was an infant when Reagan was elected crazycatlady Apr 2017 #21
I long for the days of Obama. Kath2 Apr 2017 #22

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
10. when Reagan was elected
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 02:30 AM
Apr 2017

that was the first time I remember thinking there were a lot of stupid people, EASILY fooled

that man made greed and ignorance fashionable, and America has been paying for it ever since

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. I thought that I hated Reagan the most until Trump came.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:27 AM
Apr 2017

What is sad if I had no choice but choose between the two to vote for I would take ol Ronnnie.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
6. That is very sad but I agree.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:31 AM
Apr 2017

Reagan was an amiable old idiot stuck in the past. A hateful warmonger and a mean-spirited person.

Trump is waaay worse.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
9. My roommates and I used to flip off the TV every time he came on.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:55 AM
Apr 2017

Couldn't stand him.

This Trump asshole is, unbelievably, worse.

LeftInTX

(25,380 posts)
13. I can't even watch a documentary about Reagan.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 04:02 AM
Apr 2017

I find him so repulsive. I tried watching the American Experience documentary. I managed to watch it once, but I can't watch it again.

I would rather watch Trump than Reagan any day. At least Trump's buffoonery provides some entertainment. Reagan's beady eyes and dead seriousness made my skin crawl.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
15. He was a heartless bastard with absolutely no compassion.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 07:59 AM
Apr 2017

He made me sick.

And conservatives consider him a god. Go figure.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
11. Actually, I think Trump may not only be the worst President ever, but very possibly the worst
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 03:50 AM
Apr 2017

American ever born (the jury is out on the various serial killers, but give him some more time)

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
12. Worse?: Anything the GOP throws out there is terrible for the middleclass/lower class.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 03:51 AM
Apr 2017

Reagan, Bush I, Bush II, Trump...they were all (and are) focused on the same agenda: destroy the middle class.
And they are succeeding.
It's a class war, and nothing less.
I think we had it right with Occupy Wall Street, but that sadly ended.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
17. I never thought I'd look back on Dubya as the good old days.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 08:02 AM
Apr 2017

He must be the only person in America truly happy about Trump. Finally . . . there's one worse.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
21. I was an infant when Reagan was elected
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:52 AM
Apr 2017

And a 3rd grader when he left office so I'm too young to remember his administration.

But I never thought I would long for the days of W.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
22. I long for the days of Obama.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:54 AM
Apr 2017

Not that long ago but it seems like it.

But dumb Dubya was better than this.

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