Rate the Presidents, Installment #40: Ronald Reagan (user search)
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Question: How would you rate Ronald Reagan as a President?
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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: July 16, 2015, 02:11:01 PM »
1 star. Not quite in Tyler/Buchanan/Dubya's league, but still thoroughly awful.
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Antonio the Sixth
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2015, 02:12:07 PM »
Quote from: Computer09 on July 16, 2015, 02:08:17 PM
median wages increased by 4000 during the Reagan years

dafuq?
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2015, 02:30:38 PM »

That's not a 4000 increase. That's an absolute $4000 increase, which is a pretty meaningless figure.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2015, 12:57:36 PM »
Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.
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Antonio the Sixth
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2015, 01:42:55 PM »
Quote from: TNvolunteer on July 17, 2015, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: Αλληλεγγύη on July 17, 2015, 12:57:36 PM
Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.

Well, the Vietnam war matters to people, you know.

Because diehard pacifist Reagan would never have got us into this mess, amirite? Roll Eyes
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Posts: 58,179
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2015, 01:53:37 PM »
Quote from: TNvolunteer on July 17, 2015, 01:50:04 PM
Quote from: Αλληλεγγύη on July 17, 2015, 01:42:55 PM
Quote from: TNvolunteer on July 17, 2015, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: Αλληλεγγύη on July 17, 2015, 12:57:36 PM
Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.

Well, the Vietnam war matters to people, you know.

Because diehard pacifist Reagan would never have got us into this mess, amirite? Roll Eyes

Of course he would have. But the fact is that LBJ was the one who did it, not Reagan.

Every President's actions must be judged in context. Yes, LBJ escalated Vietnam and that proved to be a terrible decision in hindsight, but what people forget is that any other politician at the time would have done pretty much the same. I don't see why LBJ should bear a particular blame for having been around at the time when this happened.
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