BigRedBuster Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 How many of the people who beat the Reagan drum born in the 80's are aware of the Iran contra affair? I'm very well aware of the Iran Contra Affair. And....FYI....I'm a little older than being born in the 80s. Link to comment
bhamHusker Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Speaking of ilk, your dribble is normally something I wouldn't respond to, but I couldn't let this go without comment. I guess if you make the most far left wild eye Dem look conservative as well as the greens and socialists - you must be closer to Stalin than any reasonable Dem would ever dare to venture. Welcome to the party (Communist) that killed over 100 million during the last century. Just the party that Reagan sought to destroy from his time at the screen actors gild in the 1940s to his 'ash heap of history' and 'tear down this wall' speeches. No wonder you dislike him so much - a blind man full of foolishness. Listen and read, you might learn something but I doubt it. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tear+down+this+wall+speech&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=F9DA3BA95B488A8D73B7F9DA3BA95B488A8D73B7 http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-parliament.htm There you go again. Stalin hahah. Yeah, you've got me all figured out. You know there is a spectrum of other options - non authoritarian options, right? Don't let me get in the way of your assumptions, though. Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 How many of the people who beat the Reagan drum born in the 80's are aware of the Iran contra affair? I'm very well aware of the Iran Contra Affair. And....FYI....I'm a little older than being born in the 80s. I was born in 86. And have many conservative friends who ripped Obama on fast and furious and how no american president should sell weapons to back people and so on and so forth, and you mention this and they backtrack and turtle. ( yes I know democrats so the same with ripping bush for things a democrat may have done in the past) Link to comment
ZRod Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I know Dems who absolutely despise the guy and claim he is the worst President in the history of our country. That's akin to someone claiming Obama is destroying America and our way of life. It's total BS. We would all be better off if he was still born? Really? Play party politics much? Both sides have their Presidents they love to put up on a pedestal and dream about and make better than they actually were. Heck, I always find it funny when some really liberal person just fawns all over President Kennedy. In actuality, along with him fighting for equal rights, his economic plans were much more conservative than any liberal would even think about supporting. Reagan did some very good things. His economic plans took us out of the total crap that Carter left us. Did they go too far? Should have they been reversed earlier? Maybe. But, he brought the country together when it was completely split apart. Actually, we need a President right now with that type of personality that can accomplish cooling the fires that burn between political sides. Hey, you don't have to insult me and call me a a Democrat just because I think the guy was human garbage! I'm a lefty for sure, but I make the most wild eyed Democrat look conservative by comparison. There's exactly zero American presidents on any pedestals around here, I assure you. In tight races where every vote might make a difference, I vote for the least awful option. Otherwise, I'm the guy that usually laments that the greens, socialists, etc. are too conventional and conservative. It's not party politics to wish that they guy had never lived; it's believing that the world would be a better place if we'd all been spared the machinations of him and his ilk, regardless of their virtually meaningless party affiliation. Speaking of ilk, your dribble is normally something I wouldn't respond to, but I couldn't let this go without comment. I guess if you make the most far left wild eye Dem look conservative as well as the greens and socialists - you must be closer to Stalin than any reasonable Dem would ever dare to venture. Welcome to the party (Communist) that killed over 100 million during the last century. Just the party that Reagan sought to destroy from his time at the screen actors gild in the 1940s to his 'ash heap of history' and 'tear down this wall' speeches. No wonder you dislike him so much - a blind man full of foolishness. Listen and read, you might learn something but I doubt it. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tear+down+this+wall+speech&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=F9DA3BA95B488A8D73B7F9DA3BA95B488A8D73B7 http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-parliament.htm Don't confuse communism with socialism. Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Wow, has this ever degenerated into a boat load of crap. A simple HBD was all that needed to be said. If you didn't like him STFU and go away. If you think he was so bad, look at what we have had since. T_O_B Link to comment
bhamHusker Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Wow, has this ever degenerated into a boat load of crap. A simple HBD was all that needed to be said. If you didn't like him STFU and goaway.If you think he was so bad, look at what we have had since.T_O_B If you wanted to have a circle jerk of opinion, you should have said so. This is a discussion board. If not to invite discussion, what exactly was the point of the post? Ronnie ceased to exist 11 years ago (actually, many years earlier due to his condition, something I would not wish upon even the most foul of beings, Reagan included), so he's not exactly reading the messages. It's reasonable to expect that people might chime in with an opinion or two that doesn't jibe with the exalted status in which some of you hold him. As an aside, I'm a bit disappointed that it's taken me over 8 years to accumulate 600 posts here, and *this* is #600. 3 Link to comment
ZRod Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Wow, has this ever degenerated into a boat load of crap. A simple HBD was all that needed to be said. If you didn't like him STFU and go away. If you think he was so bad, look at what we have had since. T_O_B Two decent Presidents, one mediocre at best (that's being very generous), and one who the jury is still out on but it doesn't look promising. Sorry to bring your hero down to a mortal status, but you brought up his accomplishments putting them out there for debate. 1 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 If Ronald Reagan was alive today and running on his record, the current Republican Party would have nothing to do with him. Eisenhower would be considered a dangerous leftist. And going strictly on his record, Barack Obama would be considered a moderate Republican in virtually any other era of American politics. No matter how old you are, the media is doing a lousy job of putting the news in context. 1 Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Ah yes, Ronald Reagan, the man who sits by the right hand of the Father! Happy Birthday! Link to comment
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