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Was Reagan a good president?

Was Reagan a good president?

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zgoldsmith23 said:
Lamer than FDR's legs, right?
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I don't make fun of a man whose disability was due to no fault of his own. That he was able to overcome a crippling disease is one of the few things I see as positive from FDR
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
I knew he used to be. Doesn't mean he still is...
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He most certainly still is:

Peter Dreier is the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and director
of the Urban & Environmental Policy Program, at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He
joined the Occidental faculty in January 1993 after serving for nine years as Director of
Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor
Ray Flynn. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1977) and his B.A. from
Syracuse University (1970). For more than three decades he has been involved in urban
policy as a scholar, a government official, a journalist, and an advocate for reform.
Professor Dreier has written widely on American politics and public policy, specializing
in urban politics and policy, housing policy, community development, and community
organizing
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Peter Dreier | Occidental College | Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Program

Some of his articles:

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The Battle Over School Funding: The View From Pasadena, California Journal of Politics and Policy (2011)
Through a case study of a school parcel tax campaign in Pasadena in early 2010,...

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First They Came For ACORN, UEP Faculty Scholarship (2010)

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The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century, UEP Faculty Scholarship (2010)

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What Kind of Capitalism?, UEP Faculty Scholarship (2010)

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The Path to a High-Wage Society, UEP Faculty Scholarship (2010)
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TurtleDude said:
Thanks for posting that-I knew what he was before I questioned the person who posted his propaganda
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Have you ever noticed a high correlation of political socialist tendencies with a history of attendance at Occidental and University of Chicago? :mrgreen:
 
lizzie said:
Have you ever noticed a high correlation of political socialist tendencies with a history of attendance at Occidental and University of Chicago? :mrgreen:
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wow good call, though U of C is not as far left as say some of the other top law schools like Harvard. But the guy is a flaming lefty for sure
 
TurtleDude said:
wow good call, though U of C is not as far left as say some of the other top law schools like Harvard. But the guy is a flaming lefty for sure
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Wow. I didn't know the college was so liberal. I was actually considering going there but I don't think I could handle far left people every day...
 
TheLastIndependent said:
Wow. I didn't know the college was so liberal. I was actually considering going there but I don't think I could handle far left people every day...
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depends what department you are in and most college kids are too busy trying to make grades, pay for school or get laid
 
TheLastIndependent said:
Wow. I didn't know the college was so liberal. I was actually considering going there but I don't think I could handle far left people every day...
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The folks I know personally who teach there are very liberal. This doesn't imply that all of them are. It's just my personal experience, and I was also making fun of Obama and having a little laugh.
If I could go to school there, I'd definitely go for it. :)
 
TheLastIndependent said:
He did nothing in the Cold War that wasn't already gonna happen! He didn't need to fund the locals of Afghanistan for the Russians to leave as they were already falling apart! The Berlin Wall would've been destroyed even if he wasn't there to provide his famous words. The Cold War was already pretty much over when he put his nose in it. The result, an armed Saddam Hussein, armed Taliban, American funded terrorists, and economic decline. That's poor handling if you ask me. George Bush 41 would've been a much wiser choice as his foreign policy was effectie and non-binding.
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Your post is partisan cherry-picking, if you ask me. Essentially, you say all the good stuff would have happened regardless who was President at that time, and all the bad stuff after his term in office was his fault. :roll:
 
radcen said:
Your post is partisan cherry-picking, if you ask me. Essentially, you say all the good stuff would have happened regardless who was President at that time, and all the bad stuff after his term in office was his fault. :roll:
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That was never a part of my post. I don't believe Carter would have handled the situation any better. I actuallypointed out that Papa Bush would have been better. Last time I checked he was republican. You assumed that because I don't like Reagan that I'm partisan.
 
How dare anyone, ANYONE mock Ronald Regan. He was a fantastic president who believed in limited government, sound money, and peace. He was a man of action, not words. The Drug War is nothing but admirabe, jailing hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug crimes. Bravo, I see no better punishment then locking them in a cage with rapists, murderers, and thieves.

Lets not forget how he cut spending. It was a sight alright, gorgeous. Like the tits of Rosie O'Donnell. He viciously cut spending, especially for corporations because, after all...they are people. Granted, he did borrow a lot of money and raise the debt like nothing before. Who cares? Let future generations solve it! The American way embraces procrastination. Push problems until later. Not like Reagan would have trouble forgetting about his problems or anything..

And his oh, so beautiful foreign policy. Gorgeous. Propping up dictators in the name of freedom. And guess what? Didnt have to deal with those problems until 1990s and 2000's. Flawless.

Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest presidents to ever grace the USA
 
ProjectCornDog said:
How dare anyone, ANYONE mock Ronald Regan. He was a fantastic president who believed in limited government, sound money, and peace. He was a man of action, not words. The Drug War is nothing but admirabe, jailing hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug crimes. Bravo, I see no better punishment then locking them in a cage with rapists, murderers, and thieves.

Lets not forget how he cut spending. It was a sight alright, gorgeous. Like the tits of Rosie O'Donnell. He viciously cut spending, especially for corporations because, after all...they are people. Granted, he did borrow a lot of money and raise the debt like nothing before. Who cares? Let future generations solve it! The American way embraces procrastination. Push problems until later. Not like Reagan would have trouble forgetting about his problems or anything..

And his oh, so beautiful foreign policy. Gorgeous. Propping up dictators in the name of freedom. And guess what? Didnt have to deal with those problems until 1990s and 2000's. Flawless.

Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest presidents to ever grace the USA
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That is just plain corny.
 
ProjectCornDog said:
How dare anyone, ANYONE mock Ronald Regan. He was a fantastic president who believed in limited government, sound money, and peace. He was a man of action, not words. The Drug War is nothing but admirabe, jailing hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug crimes. Bravo, I see no better punishment then locking them in a cage with rapists, murderers, and thieves.

Lets not forget how he cut spending. It was a sight alright, gorgeous. Like the tits of Rosie O'Donnell. He viciously cut spending, especially for corporations because, after all...they are people. Granted, he did borrow a lot of money and raise the debt like nothing before. Who cares? Let future generations solve it! The American way embraces procrastination. Push problems until later. Not like Reagan would have trouble forgetting about his problems or anything..

And his oh, so beautiful foreign policy. Gorgeous. Propping up dictators in the name of freedom. And guess what? Didnt have to deal with those problems until 1990s and 2000's. Flawless.

Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest presidents to ever grace the USA
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Not to mention he single-handedly beat the Russians in the Cold War. He ripped his shirt off, flew to the USSR on the back on a bald eagle, shoved an American flag up Gorbachev's butt and proclaimed this land for God, Abe Lincoln and Ronald McDonald.
 
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RadicalModerate said:
Not to mention he single-handedly beat the Russians in the Cold War. He ripped his shirt off, flew to the USSR on the back on a bald eagle, shoved an American flag up Gorbachev's butt and proclaimed this land for God, Abe Lincoln and Ronald McDonald.
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:usflag2::2usflag::ind::usflag2:

.......... :rofl
 
RadicalModerate said:
Not to mention he single-handedly beat the Russians in the Cold War. He ripped his shirt off, flew to the USSR on the back on a bald eagle, shoved an American flag up Gorbachev's butt and proclaimed this land for God, Abe Lincoln and Ronald McDonald.
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The Soviet Union collapsed a year and a month before Clinton took office. Those statements come from reading too many Death Valley Days comic books.

I've started threads about Reagan and examined all of his positions on military spending. Reagan supported the B-1 over the B-2 Stealth Bomber and they have all been mothballed. Reagan took the mobile out of the MX missile program and it's been mothballed.

600-ship Navy

The 600 Ship Navy was a strategic plan of the United States Navy during the 1980s to rebuild its fleet after cutbacks that followed the end of the Vietnam War. The plan, which originated with Republican leaders, was an important campaign plank of Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election, who advocated a larger military and strategic confrontation with the Soviet Union.

The program included:
Recommissioning the Iowa-class battleships.
Keeping older ships in service longer.
A large new construction program.
Stepped up production of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers

The idea was supported by John F. Lehman who became Reagan's Secretary of the Navy, and Caspar Weinberger, Reagan's Secretary of Defense.

End of the plan

Eventually political pressure to reduce the national budget deficit resulted in Congress reversing itself and passing a series of declining defense budgets beginning in 1986. Weinberger clashed with Congress over the cuts, resigning in late 1987, and was succeeded by the more pragmatic Frank Carlucci.[2] Lehman's successor as Navy Secretary, Jim Webb, remained a fierce proponent of the expanded fleet, and disagreed with Carlucci over how to cut the Navy budget in line with other services. Webb resigned rather than endorse Carlucci's cut of 16 frigates.[3] As revealed in The Reagan Diaries, Reagan reflected about Webb's resignation on February 22, 1988: "Present Sec. Webb resigned over budget cuts. I don't think Navy was sorry to see him go."

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and the lack of a perceived threat against the United States, several of the Reagan Administration's policies and plans, such as the "600-ship Navy", were scaled back or abandoned. U.S. bases across Europe and North America were slowly decommissioned and closed, others were mothballed. In the Navy, this resulted in the retirement of several older carriers, the decommissioning of all four of the Iowa-class battleships and the cancellation of the remaining Seawolf-class submarines.

As of 2011, there are 286 ships in the U.S. Navy.[4] However, the United States still maintains the largest navy in the world, with a battle fleet tonnage greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined.[5]
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Source: 600-ship Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I even examined any new military project started during the Reagan administration and only came up with the perpetually over budget, "Marine Killer" V-22 Osprey.

Reagan spent lot of money on military and we recieved very little for what he spent it on. Papa Bush was the smart one on foreign policy and the economy in the Reagan administration. Once the Fed lowered interest rates and the economy played itself out, it wasn't in great shape when Bush took over.
 
Reagan annoyed leftistas and still annoys them; which is a great thing. Thank you Dutch! We love you and miss you, and hope we have a president soon that can make his own decisions versus this manchild currently in office...
 
I think he was a pretty good president. Not perfect of course, and certainly not deserving of the deification that many on the right give him, but yes, he was good for the most part. The increased debt is a stain on his legacy, but he definitely presided over an improvement in economic conditions. Also, I think that the people that have been insulting him on this forum have been extremely misguided.
 
Meathead said:
You guys have to suck it up. Reagan's greatness is why he's still being discussed to this day. It further reflects itself in the pathetic consternation (whining) of the left. Now that's a legacy. As presidents go, he is a giant among midgets and indeed history has recognized this. In the unlikely event that oppressive leftist succeed, he will be vilified - but only then.
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Being a popularly talked about asshole doesn't mean you're one of the cool kids. Snooki? Popular and discussed by everyone. Great? Not by any means.
 
Meathead said:
He belongs on Mt. Rushmore. Liberals like to bitch about him because he set them back 100 years. Much to their chagrin, Reagan's legacy remains untarnished even with the whining.
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.. 100 years? Really? Gays allowed to serve openly, no lynchings, more public university educated people than ever, AIDS awareness is pretty much a norm, huge cuts in military spending, rise in social spending, less people in churches than ever in the history of the US. You may want to recheck what things were like 100 years ago before you spew off all the way from Prague. For that matter, just check how things were during Reagan's term. If anything, he and the nitwit who followed him made everyone far more aware of the cancer that is the religious right and neocon foreign policy.
 
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Heck

He was better than Osama oops Obama


Much much better! What the heck!
 
Hatuey said:
.. 100 years? Really? Gays allowed to serve openly, no lynchings, more public university educated people than ever, AIDS awareness is pretty much a norm, huge cuts in military spending, rise in social spending, less people in churches than ever in the history of the US. You may want to recheck what things were like 100 years ago before you spew off all the way from Prague. For that matter, just check how things were during Reagan's term. If anything, he and the nitwit who followed him made everyone far more aware of the cancer that is the religious right and neocon foreign policy.
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you sound like people ditching religion is a good thing.huge cuts in military spending cots us more in the long run that keeping our current budget,but i guess youd rather have 5 bucks today than 50 tomorrow,everytime we cut military we have to rebuild it the next conflict costing us more than just keeping a good sized standing force.

a rise in social spending means less people are better off,that fact that more social spending is seen as good to people is horrible,in reality it means more people cant make it in the world,if anything the purpose of social spending should be to make people self reliant and eliminate the need for it.

once again whats your problem with religion,is it they rub you the wrong way and you want people to abandon what you dont agree with or that you hate that christianity teaches self reliance which is the opposite of what liberalism promotes?
 
Reagan was a better President than Barak Osama Bin Laden .....no doubt about it!
 
I quit being concerned about being cool in my twenties. It could even happen to a liberal loser like you.

The fact that Reagan still ruffles immature lefties feathers even today is a sure sign of greatness.
 
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