Calvin Coolidge vs. Ronald Reagan

[TDAS04]

Coolidge was not as bad.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Reagan easily


and Dems voting for Coolidge is funny


cause Coolidge was way more conservative than Reagan, more anti government than Reagan, more anti union than Reagan, was anti immigrant , cut top tax taxes more then Reagan.

[TDAS04]

Coolidge was conservative, and he is an overrated president by many conservatives and libertarians, but his administration was less destructive than Reagan's.  Calvin Coolidge was less militaristic and I give him credit for his pro-civil rights stances (such as granting suffrage and citizenship to Native Americans).

[Phony Moderate]

"I bet I can get three words out of you this evening."

"You lose."

Coolidge just for that.

[Santander]

Coolidge.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Coolidge was conservative, and he is an overrated president than many conservatives and libertarians, but his administration was less destructive than Reagan's.  Calvin Coolidge was less militaristic and I give him credit for his pro-civil rights stances (such as granting suffrage and citizenship to Native Americans).

Reagan also was way more more immigrant then Coolidge, and unlike Coolidge who greatly reduced the amount of immigrants coming into the country , Reagan greatly increased it.


Also on long term damage, the Great Depression is much much worse than any bad thing Reagan was responsible for economically.

 
Reagan on the other hand reversed a 13 year economic decline and turned it into a 18 year economic boom. On foreign policy he was also way better then Coolidge(who's policy isolationism would prove to be a disaster when tried in the 1930s).

[Higgins]

Coolidge was a Libertarian. How ANY Democrat could say he was better than Reagan is insane.
I think many Progressives are just secret Libertarians. Coolidge gave us the Great Depression. Reagan gave us economic recovery. Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924 which barred Asians as well as Eastern & Southern Europeans. Reagan signed Amnesty.

Why has the Democratic Party become so Libertarian?

[Higgins]

Easily Coolidge, who was the best president of the 20th century.

You like that 1924 Immigration Act, eh?

[Santander]

Easily Coolidge, who was the best president of the 20th century.

You like that 1924 Immigration Act, eh?

That was one of the best pieces of legislation in US history.

[Beet]

Easily Coolidge, who was the best president of the 20th century.

You like that 1924 Immigration Act, eh?

Plenty of Democrats don't like immigration. Solid Coolidge (D).

[TheSaint250]

Coolidge was a Libertarian. How ANY Democrat could say he was better than Reagan is insane.
I think many Progressives are just secret Libertarians. Coolidge gave us the Great Depression. Reagan gave us economic recovery. Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924 which barred Asians as well as Eastern & Southern Europeans. Reagan signed Amnesty.

Why has the Democratic Party become so Libertarian?

Yes Democrats just hate that federal government

[darklordoftech]

Coolidge was a very weak executive who did whatever congress wanted, so I don't have strong feelings about him. Reagan was a strong executive who made congress obey his every word.

[Mr. Smith]

Coolidge was a Libertarian. How ANY Democrat could say he was better than Reagan is insane.
I think many Progressives are just secret Libertarians. Coolidge gave us the Great Depression. Reagan gave us economic recovery. Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924 which barred Asians as well as Eastern & Southern Europeans. Reagan signed Amnesty.

Why has the Democratic Party become so Libertarian?

Simple, Coolidge mostly sat on his a%^ rather than help, and his foreign policy along with Carter, Hoover, and Harding is among the best of that century. Reagan actively promoted class warfare and reverse Robin-Hoodism, got the country into an absurd number of foreign boondoggles.

Also, Coolidge didn't steal credit for any kind of economic recovery and then proceed to overdo and ideologically toxify the political atmosphere.

Still, both are in my bottom 10, so one being above the other isn't saying much.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Do you guys know Coolidge cut taxes more then Reagan and actually at the end of his presidency only 2 percent of the country paid any income tax .


Coolidge was more conservative then Reagan in nearly ever way possible.

Oh on foreign policy the most hawkish president was a progressive .

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Reagan.

Personally I like Coolidge for his wit, but can't pretend I consider him a good or even semi-good President.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I prefer Coolidge to Reagan on a personal level, so him. Also, blaming the Great Depression on the actions of a single president is dumb.

[SATW]

Reagan, because of foreign policy.

But, I am usually more steadfast in defending Coolidge because an attack on conservative/libertarian economics is an attack on conservatism/libertarianism as a whole.

[Higgins]

Reagan, because of foreign policy.

But, I am usually more steadfast in defending Coolidge because an attack on conservative/libertarian economics is an attack on conservatism/libertarianism as a whole.

Conservative/Libertarian economics should be attacked. Ayn Rand is not a model for human decency.

[Goldwater]

Reagan (dirty globalist)

[Kingpoleon]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

[Goldwater]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

IN that case, why support him over Reagan?

[Lechasseur]

Easily Coolidge, who was the best president of the 20th century.

You like that 1924 Immigration Act, eh?

That was one of the best pieces of legislation in US history.

Easily Calvin Coolidge

[Kingpoleon]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

IN that case, why support him over Reagan?

Because I don't agree with Reagan's record on foreign policy, social issues, or most economic issues during his Presidency. The main thing Reagan did right was Kennedy and O'Connor.

[dw93]

Begrudgingly Reagan. Isolationism is just as reckless as NeoConservatism and Coolidge was probably the most Isolationist (or at least in the top three) isolationist Presidents of the 20th Century. Both sucked Economically though.

[Goldwater]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

IN that case, why support him over Reagan?

Because I don't agree with Reagan's record on foreign policy, social issues, or most economic issues during his Presidency. The main thing Reagan did right was Kennedy and O'Connor.

I mean, it seems odd to me to compare them on "social issues", considering the difference on hot button issues between the time periods. I also would argue that the only real difference between economically speaking is trade issues, which you already mention disagreeing with Coolidge on.