Opinion of Ronald Reagan?

[LBJ Revivalist]

FF or HP?

I say HP...His slimy proto neo-con administration helped pump the supply of coke into this country, amongst other horrible things, and helped raise up the Evangelicals, the Jerry Falwells and other backwards hate mongers.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

HP

[RIP Robert H Bork]

FF

[yougo1000]

FF

[President Mitt]

Grrrr. It's Freedom Fighter first, and then Horrible Person.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Grrrr. It's Freedom Fighter first, and then Horrible Person.

So you ended up voting FF when you meant to vote HP?

[Free Trade is managed by the invisible hand.]

The political climate was deregulate and rely on monetary policy.

[Derek]

None better! Fantastic job!

[Mint]

Generally very negative.

[useful idiot]

HP, terrible for the country.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

None better! Fantastic job!

None better? So you consider Reagan better than Washington and Jefferson?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

HP obviously.

But he had basically nothing to do with neoconservatism. It didn't even really exist as an ideology until the very end of his presidency.

In fact the neoconservatives by the time they started appearing then were basically the GOOD guys in relation to Reagan since at least they opposed right-wing dictators. Early neocon thinkers were big supporters of forcing Ferdinand Marcos out and supporting the opposition to Pinochet. Neocons also didn't have the love for South Africa that Reagan did. Later though it became basically the single worst ideology taken seriously in the developed world today.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

HP obviously.

But he had basically nothing to do with neoconservatism. It didn't even really exist as an ideology until the very end of his presidency.

In fact the neoconservatives by the time they started appearing then were basically the GOOD guys in relation to Reagan since at least they opposed right-wing dictators. Early neocon thinkers were big supporters of forcing Ferdinand Marcos out and supporting the opposition to Pinochet. Neocons also didn't have the love for South Africa that Reagan did. Later though it became basically the single worst ideology taken seriously in the developed world today.

Uh, no. Neoconservatism had already existed for quite some time and it was manifested strongly in the Reagan administration. And no, they weren't good guys.

[justW353]

Most of his policies were horrible, however I like him personally.  He's a good symbol of America.

[cpeeks]

what does ff, and hp mean?

[Bo]

what does ff, and hp mean?

FF-Freedom Fighter
HP-Horrible Person

[Bo]

HP for being extremely fiscally iressponsible, for Iran-Contra, and for an economic policy which started to drastically increase income inequality in the U.S. and planted the seeds for the 2008 financial crisis to occur.

[KuntaKinte]

HP

[Magic 8-Ball]

Greatly overrated and mostly mediocre, but I do admire his personality and temperament.

[cpeeks]

Well to me Reagan was just a mouth piece for the Neo-cons that basically took over this nation for 20 of 28 years. He wasnt an overtly bright man, but he protrayed this image of nostalgic America which may have never even existed, and made people feel great about themselves. I mean he started exhibiting the first signs of alzeihmers in his first term, and it was obvious by the time he left office. I read somewhere that when cabinet meetings and NSC meeting were going on Reagan would have a huge jar of jelly beans putting them in smaller jars according to color, while his Cabinet and Bush would discuss what they were going to do.

[Magic 8-Ball]

I read somewhere that when cabinet meetings and NSC meeting were going on Reagan would have a huge jar of jelly beans putting them in smaller jars according to color, while his Cabinet and Bush would discuss what they were going to do.

Haha, I hadn't heard that one.  The story I read said that he would draw caricatures of his staff.

[War on Want]

HP

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

HP for being extremely fiscally iressponsible, for Iran-Contra, and for an economic policy which started to drastically increase income inequality in the U.S. and planted the seeds for the 2008 financial crisis to occur.

To be fair, the seeds were planted by Woodrow Wilson many decades earlier. Reagan just poured on lots of fertilizer.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

FF

[Antonio the Sixth]

An idiot who knew how to speak.