2016 USA Presidential election thread II: And. Here. We. Go!

[Zealot]

Since Reagan was an objectively terrible President, you'll get no argument from me there.

[Olo401]

I will second this. I would go so far as to say he was a better president in many respects than Reagan was, but he doesn't get as much credit because he was a one-term president.

Two words : Clarence Thomas.

[Andalusian girls]

Since Reagan was an objectively terrible President, you'll get no argument from me there.

[Zealot]

Laugh at me all you want, Reagan's ghost, history is on my side.

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[Zealot]

Also Bedtime for Bonzo was the worst chimp sidekick movie ever!

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[Andalusian girls]

[Dotsudoku]

so great when democrats can joke about themselves

[Andalusian girls]

[Ezek]

Goddamn

edit:

[Dotsudoku]

he's the cool black guy Hillary wishes she was

[Marootsoobutsu]

Laugh at me all you want, Reagan's ghost, history is on my side.

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This is nonsense, and requires one of the most revisionistic, blatantly silly approaches to history imaginable. Reagan is very easily one of the 10 best Presidents America's ever had, by any metric, and is arguably one of the top 5.

[Headspace]

This is nonsense, and requires one of the most revisionistic, blatantly silly approaches to history imaginable. Reagan is very easily one of the 10 best Presidents America's ever had, by any metric, and is arguably one of the top 5.

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[Zealot]

Oh? How do you figure? Was it his failed economic policies? His union busting? The way he ignored AIDS and defunded research? The explosion of drugs and subsequent racist drug laws? The way he closed all government-funded mental health clinics? The failed crime policies that led to a crime explosion? The multiple times he negotiated with terrorists? The tax cuts and his subsequent raiding of the funds that are the reason Social Security is a mess today? The administrative corruption ummatched by any President, even Warren G. Harding? The opposal to ending apartheid? The Reagan Doctrine that ended up creating al-Qaeda? The ignoring of atrocities commited by Saddam Hussein? Supplying weapons to our enemies? Supporting the restoration of a dictatorship in Nicaragua over the Democratically elected government? Costing 241 Marines their lives in Beirut and invading Grenada to try and get attention away from it? Maybe the bombing of the USS Stark, which remains the only unanswered attack in U.S. history? His lies about his war experience? The way he said he wouldn't raise taxes and did? His record deficits? The explosion of the size and cost of government? The economic policies that put millions out of work and directly resulted in the accumulation of wealth by the 1% that we see today? Or maybe it's his record-setting defense spending in order to counter the Soviet Union, which even military and intelligence strategists at the time said was destined to fail eventually with or without our intervention?

There's so much to choose from, so you tell me which part of that exactly makes Reagan one our top 10 or top 5 Presidents ever.

[Zealot]

Oh but you guys he was so funny and personable.

[Niiro]

Yea, but did you see all the great one-liners he had?

edit: damnit you already made that joke in the 2nd post

[Yuri-G]

Oh? How do you figure? Was it his failed economic policies? His union busting? The way he ignored AIDS and defunded research? The explosion of drugs and subsequent racist drug laws? The way he closed all government-funded mental health clinics? The failed crime policies that led to a crime explosion? The multiple times he negotiated with terrorists? The tax cuts and his subsequent raiding of the funds that are the reason Social Security is a mess today? The administrative corruption ummatched by any President, even Warren G. Harding? The opposal to ending apartheid? The Reagan Doctrine that ended up creating al-Qaeda? The ignoring of atrocities commited by Saddam Hussein? Supplying weapons to our enemies? Supporting the restoration of a dictatorship in Nicaragua over the Democratically elected government? Costing 241 Marines their lives in Beirut and invading Grenada to try and get attention away from it? Maybe the bombing of the USS Stark, which remains the only unanswered attack in U.S. history? His lies about his war experience? The way he said he wouldn't raise taxes and did? His record deficits? The explosion of the size and cost of government? The economic policies that put millions out of work and directly resulted in the accumulation of wealth by the 1% that we see today? Or maybe it's his record-setting defense spending in order to counter the Soviet Union, which even military and intelligence strategists at the time said was destined to fail eventually with or without our intervention?

There's so much to choose from, so you tell me which part of that exactly makes Reagan one our top 10 or top 5 Presidents ever.

...damn, Gina. ain't no stopping you today, lol

[Zealot]

The only positive thing I have to say about Reagan was he was great at boosting morale at a time when our nation needed it, and he genuinely tried to put an end to nuclear proliferation if not eradicate nuclear weapons altogether, but like so many other things, he ultimately failed.

[myreality]

Was just thinking, John Stewart could've put things straight and help destroy Trump. Decision to retire has to be the worst timing ever.

[Tyrath]

Okay, he's convinced me to vote for him.

[Niiro]

Was just thinking, John Stewart could've put things straight and help destroy Trump. Decision to retire has to be the worst timing ever.

As much as I love Jon Stewart, if he was all that was standing between us and Trump, then we deserve Trump.