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Is Ronald Reagan the best President all time?

Was Ronald Reagan the best President of the all times?

  • I'm a right leaning American, yes

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • I'm a right leaning American, yes and the United Statss needs a President like him now

    Votes: 9 9.9%
  • I'm a left leaning American, yes

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I'm a left leaning American, yes and the United States needs a President like him now

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • I'm a right leaning American, no

    Votes: 23 25.3%
  • I'm a left leaning American, no

    Votes: 41 45.1%
  • I'm not from America, yes

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • I'm not from America, no

    Votes: 14 15.4%

  • Total voters
    91
To me, he was a conservative that did not stick to his guns, and bent under pressure to allow things that he was totally against in principle.
 
Not everything Reagan did in his foreign policy was a success.. Lebanon. Iran Contra. He ended up arming many we are fighting today.

But IMO his negotiations with the USSR were very good, I give him a lot of credit that. Funny thing about that though was many conservatives and Republicans sharply criticized Reagan back then for talking to and negotiating with the USSR. Some accused him of appeasement. Does that sound familiar?

Many opposing countries at the time feared that he meant what he said when he talked tough, and yet it's interesting to note that (except for Grenada) he actually did relatively little in direct action.
 
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In 1984 Ronald Reagan got the best result in history of the United Staates Of America. The Reaganomics were popular all around the world. Do you think that he was the greatest President of the United States?

Why so many dick measuring contests/polls at DP? They're so subjective!
 
To me, he was a conservative that did not stick to his guns, and bent under pressure to allow things that he was totally against in principle.

Realistically, in our type of society and system, how can anybody... regardless of lean... fully "stick to their guns" and still get anything done?
 
In 1984 Ronald Reagan got the best result in history of the United Staates Of America. The Reaganomics were popular all around the world. Do you think that he was the greatest President of the United States?

Absolutely not. He ran the country's unemployment up to over 10%. He led the closing of the trades and a paradigm shift over to Wall Street that led directly to the crash of 2008. The man was the 1%'s thug.
 
Realistically, in our type of society and system, how can anybody... regardless of lean... fully "stick to their guns" and still get anything done?

I understand, but he flip flopped on multiple big ticket items for fiscal conservatives.
 
This may come as a surprise to you but the rich (and talented) have the habit of making themselves richer. They don't need a President or a government for that.

I somewhat disagree here. While it's true that the rich help their own efforts by continuing in their hard work as far as their business practices are concerned, they do get a leg up over the common man with the government's help in many regards, i.e., economic/tax policies that are written in their favor (thanks in large part to corporate lobbyist who keep a politician or two in their back pocket), generous financial incentive packages to help them relocate their business dealings to other states, out of the country or "legally" shelter their money off-shore. Can the average Joe do any of this even on a small scale relative to their earnings without experiencing dire consequences? I think not!

I'd say the rich get a tremendous leg up from government over the common man to help make them richer.

As to the poll question, no. Ronald Reagan was not the greatest president this country has ever had. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and even William J. Clinton rank way above him.
 
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I'm currently reading it NO: 39 votes, YES: 6. So, can we put this to bed?
 
This mantra of "the 1%" is pretty silly and meaningless. But I take it you are referring to the rich. They are not "afraid" but they have the means and opportunity to make full use of the tax code.

Which negates your previous comment...

This may come as a surprise to you but the rich (and talented) have the habit of making themselves richer. They don't need a President or a government for that.

Another example of how greater government attempts at manipulation (through an ever more complicated tax code) has absolutely zero effect.

Think about what you're saying here. If the rich have the means to take advantage of the tax code, how are they being manipulated by that which helps them prosper?
 
I understand, but he flip flopped on multiple big ticket items for fiscal conservatives.

One thing that many praise him for over someone like Obama is that Reagan was willing to take part of what he wanted because he knew he could never get everything he wanted.

ETA: His spending was definitely NOT fiscally conservative, that's for sure.
 
Many opposing countries at the time feared that he meant what he said when he talked tough, and yet it's interesting to note that (except for Grenada) he actually did relatively little in direct action.

Yep, and if he was alive today this IMO would be another negative in the eyes of the GOP of today.

Reagan was actually quite the dove. He talked tough, but seldom put American troops in harms way. (except for Grenada and Lebanon) But in Lebanon they were sent as trying to keep the peace, not to fight. Lebanon was a big mistake by him, IMO.
 
Reagan was a good leader. And his leadership was just what this country needed after Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, the oil embargo, a useless war in Vietnam, etc. The country hit a low point, and his leadership helped lift the country.

BUT his policies for the most part were awful and in the long run many were very destructive. Trickle down especially has been proven to have been, and still is a disaster and a failure.

So the best? Nope, policywise not even in the top 25. But leadershipwise yeah, he's in the top 5.

Yeah, I agree with that. Many people base their opinion's on president's on personality, looks, etc. On that criteria, I'd put Reagan in the top 5. But, then again, so is Obama, going off that criteria. Policy aside, both Obama and Reagan are off the chart "cool." To bad "cool" doesn't put more money in my pocket.
 
I'm currently reading it NO: 39 votes, YES: 6. So, can we put this to bed?

Lol !

Yes all those " right leaning " Americans who voted no in a blind poll mean what exactly ?

That the Libtards are dishonest as ever.
 
Lol !

Yes all those " right leaning " Americans who voted no in a blind poll mean what exactly ?

That the Libtards are dishonest as ever.

'Cept it was the OP, a flaming rightie like yourself, who made it an anonymous poll. Perhaps he forgot to scam his own scam.
 
I'm currently reading it NO: 39 votes, YES: 6. So, can we put this to bed?

I don't think there is much to make of a poll that asks if Reagan was the greatest President of all time.

As great an administration as I experienced his to be, I wouldn't place President Reagan as the greatest President of all time.

Since the '60's? Without a doubt.
 
I don't think there is much to make of a poll that asks if Reagan was the greatest President of all time.

As great an administration as I experienced his to be, I wouldn't place President Reagan as the greatest President of all time.

Since the '60's? Without a doubt.

I think there are only two post-war POTUS (plural: POTII?) that left the country stronger when they left office than when they took it: Eisenhower and Clinton.
 
The presumptiveness of options offered is like "when did you stop beating your wife?"

Where's the center?

Is political leaning of non-Americans irrelevant?

Would you like to take the bed by the door or shall I take the one at the window?
 
I think there are only two post-war POTUS (plural: POTII?) that left the country stronger when they left office than when they took it: Eisenhower and Clinton.

I guess that illustrates that people have different views of what "stronger" means.
 
Actually, Nancy was the best president of all.
 
The presumptiveness of options offered is like "when did you stop beating your wife?"

Where's the center?

Is political leaning of non-Americans irrelevant?

Would you like to take the bed by the door or shall I take the one at the window?

The center is ignoring the poll and writing your own comments.
 
That is interesting. When you speak with the conservative Republicans, a lot of them find Ronald Reagan was the best President in the 20th and 21t century.
 
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