Was Ronald Reagan's Presidency justified?

Not Comms Officer · April 26, 2015, 03:57:07 PM

I'm just think about things that Reagan did like the Iran-Contra affair. His open backing of Iraq in their borderline genocidal war against Iranians and Kurds. The whole fact that he backed the Contras in Nicaragua to begin with. And even in domestic policies, he massively prioritized military expansion, Government privatizing the fuck out of everything...

Like, he was a really fucking shitty President in my opinion. What say you?

More Than Mortal · April 26, 2015, 04:06:49 PM

I'm so fucking torn on Ronald Reagan it's unreal.

I'll just side-step the issue and declare my preference for Ford.

Not Comms Officer · April 26, 2015, 04:08:26 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on April 26, 2015, 04:06:49 PM

I'm so fucking torn on Ronald Reagan it's unreal.

I'll just side-step the issue and declare my preference for Ford.

Yeah, Reagan could possibly the most controversial US President in its history....

What did Ford even do by the way? Like, I hear nothing about him. It may as well skip straight from Nixon to Carter.

SecondClass · April 26, 2015, 04:08:56 PM

Jimmy Carter > all

challengerX · April 26, 2015, 04:47:06 PM

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CK97 · April 26, 2015, 04:55:32 PM

>People ITT saying Reagan was a horrible President

Fucking lol all hope is lost for you

Not Comms Officer · April 26, 2015, 04:57:11 PM

Quote from: CK97 on April 26, 2015, 04:55:32 PM

>People ITT saying Reagan was a horrible President

Fucking lol all hope is lost for you

The only thing Reagan could do well was brainwashing his own citizens. LOOOOL

Turkey · April 26, 2015, 05:05:13 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on April 26, 2015, 04:08:56 PM

Jimmy Carter > all

This is literally the worst opinion you could ever have.

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Magos Domina · April 26, 2015, 06:57:37 PM

Reagan was shit.

aREALgod · April 26, 2015, 07:09:52 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on April 26, 2015, 04:08:56 PM

Jimmy Carter > all

LOL that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Jimmy Carter was one of our worst presidents in history.

Verbatim · April 26, 2015, 07:38:01 PM

Did Jimmy Carter even like... do? Anything?

Casper · April 26, 2015, 07:53:03 PM

My personal lord and savior, President Reagan, did no wrong.
He tore down the Iron Curtain with his bare hands and single-handedly ended the USSR.

maverick · April 26, 2015, 08:37:24 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 26, 2015, 07:38:01 PM

Did Jimmy Carter even like... do? Anything?

Spend money

Tackel · April 26, 2015, 09:11:27 PM

DAS B00T x2 · April 26, 2015, 09:12:34 PM

Well, the other option was Carter, so yes.

Not Comms Officer · April 26, 2015, 09:14:43 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 26, 2015, 09:11:27 PM

>le dank runald regin moomoo dat prewf dat hes da best

Mattie G Indahouse · May 08, 2015, 05:30:07 AM

Quote from: Casper on April 26, 2015, 07:53:03 PM

My personal lord and savior, President Reagan, did no wrong.
He tore down the Iron Curtain with his bare hands and single-handedly ended the USSR.

Sure he did. 11 Soviet republics left the SU and Gorbachev reforms caused the end of it, not Reagan. When Reagan became president the SU was nowhere near what it was the years before him and it was already going down hill.

PSU · May 08, 2015, 11:25:01 AM

Of course it was. He's the second best republican president in history. Behind my boy Abraham "Ima fuck more colored biches than the government" Lincoln.

Genghis Khan · May 08, 2015, 12:32:43 PM

Finland's capitalism destroyed soviet communism.

rC · May 08, 2015, 04:36:01 PM

No, he was never elected. Obama actually won that election, but Reagan stole his thunder, the bastard.

More Than Mortal · May 08, 2015, 05:19:56 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 08, 2015, 05:30:07 AM

Quote from: Casper on April 26, 2015, 07:53:03 PM
My personal lord and savior, President Reagan, did no wrong.
He tore down the Iron Curtain with his bare hands and single-handedly ended the USSR.
Sure he did. 11 Soviet republics left the SU and Gorbachev reforms caused the end of it, not Reagan. When Reagan became president the SU was nowhere near what it was the years before him and it was already going down hill.

It's unfair to say Reagan did nothing. Diplomatically he was massive, and forcing the Soviets into an arms race he knew they couldn't win. I mean, fuck, Reagan knew the Soviets were going to fall way before the likes of Arthur Schlesinger did.

Mattie G Indahouse · May 08, 2015, 07:06:50 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on May 08, 2015, 05:19:56 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 08, 2015, 05:30:07 AM
Quote from: Casper on April 26, 2015, 07:53:03 PM
My personal lord and savior, President Reagan, did no wrong.
He tore down the Iron Curtain with his bare hands and single-handedly ended the USSR.
Sure he did. 11 Soviet republics left the SU and Gorbachev reforms caused the end of it, not Reagan. When Reagan became president the SU was nowhere near what it was the years before him and it was already going down hill.
It's unfair to say Reagan did nothing. Diplomatically he was massive, and forcing the Soviets into an arms race he knew they couldn't win. I mean, fuck, Reagan knew the Soviets were going to fall way before the likes of Arthur Schlesinger did.

Basically Reagan is like D-Day? The Germans were pretty much done with in 1944 but D-Day put the final nail in the coffin which after that out a strain they couldn't handle already.

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Was Ronald Reagan's Presidency justified?