"Reagan is dead and he was a lousy President" lollllz - heads are spinning at faux news tonite.

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Great opening Keith!

I hope he lives a hundred years. lol

Olbermann: "Nothing. He's dead. He was a lousy president. And he helped keep Qadaffi in power."

I can picture your average FOX viewer accidentally tuning in to the opening of tonight's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on Current TV:

Love your head exploding - that's great !

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I don't agree with that part. Pretty sure Reagan wanted him dead.

His consciousness was transfered into an android, created by Disney, and now haunts the halls of the Republican National headquarters.

EDIT: He was a terrible President though, perhaps the the worst, at least in the top 5 worst.

Although W was probably a bigger moron. Republicans seen to love morons in charge :shrug:

I did a double-take to make sure I heard that correctly! LOL

But nooooo! The corporate Dems and the Republicans can't get it throught their heads that these failed policies don't work.

My favorite fact collection on Reagan:

Ronald Reagan, the Bonzo years
http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/index.html

Brutal honest. Just what the doctor ordered.

and TRUE!

In 1986 the US killed the war crimes trial with the lone veto on the UN Security Council.

other presidents that rank high up there on the terrible list tended to have their impact limited to their own term, or slightly beyond it. hoover is a bit of an exception in the sense that he failed to address the great contraction adequately, and that obviously had an impact for many years after, but, while i'm not letting hoover off the hook entirely, the problem was far bigger than him, and it wasn't just his own ineptness but the ineptness that was washington power at the time that prevented a reasonable solution (sound familiar?)

reagan, on the other hand, was terrible and yet the powers that be and the popular press somehow made him out to be a great one, and so his legacy if uncaring service cuts for the poor and greedy tax cuts for the rich and corporate welfare for the biggest campaign donors his come to consume washington.

a bad president identified as bad is bad enough.
a bad president identified as good is absolutely dreadful.

which is really all the repubs have for bragging rights.

Not that I would give Reagan a pass.

We made great progress until about 1970, when the seeds of post-war decadence bloomed with the MIC and the takeover of corporatism. Reagan did not start it, but he rode the wave and brought it crashing down on us.


--imm

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if you rate them by numbers of ethical violations, Congressional investigations, forced resignations, etc. Even his Attorney General, Ed Meese, the chief law enforcement officer in the country, was embroiled in corruption.

We're by no means out of the pit of corruption they drove us into. In fact, it looks like we're sinking deeper.

It's about time someone revealed the Gipper for what he was...and wasn't.

I'm ready for more. Let their heads explode!

witness my sig line, it hasn't changed in probably a year. I know he used it at least twice in MSNBC.

K&R

I bet he was an ass**** as a person, also, especially to those
he thought he was better than.

Tikki

He cheated on her to take up w/ Nancy. Newt's role model, yup!

:rofl: I actually can HEAR RW heads bursting over this!

He vastly increased the size of government, raised taxes overall (income tax decrease was more than offset by other increases), and gave amnesty to illegal aliens.

They seem to gloss over that when they pray before his altar.

a link for those of us that don't have a clue? I REALLY want this, there are many I will send the link to, far and wide! I am so glad to see Keith back. I LOVED the picture of the crew...I also looked for "The Boss".

Thanks in advance!