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« on: April 28, 2016, 12:53:45 AM »
Reagan - Sending Troops to Lebanon
Bush- Raising Taxes
Clinton- Crime Bill
Bush Jr- Invading Iraq
Obama- Arming Syrian Rebels
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2016, 12:58:23 AM »
Reagan - 1986 Immigration Bill
Bush - NAFTA
Clinton - China WTO Ascension
Bush Jr - Invading Iraq
Obama - TPP
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2016, 03:34:41 AM »
I'm including Carter anyway:

Carter - Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Reagan - Iran-Contra
Bush -  Selecting Dan Quayle in the first place as running mate
Clinton - Welfare Reform
Dubya -Invading Iraq
Obama - Gutting the public option
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2016, 07:24:16 AM »
« Edited: April 28, 2016, 10:40:39 AM by Southern Gothic »
I'll go step farther and include Ford.

Ford: Mishandling of the fall of Saigon
Carter: Deregulation of Airlines
Reagan: Immigration Bill/Expansion of War on Drugs
Bush I: Welfare Reform
Clinton: NAFTA
Bush II: Iraq
Obama: TPP/Mishandling of Iraq withdrawal
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2016, 10:17:38 AM »
« Edited: April 29, 2016, 09:19:47 AM by RightBehind »
Reagan - Arming the Mujahideen

Bush - Raising Taxes

Clinton - NAFTA

Bush - Iraq

Obama - Not yet closing Guantanamo.
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2016, 11:15:19 AM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith on April 28, 2016, 03:34:41 AM
I'm including Carter anyway:

Carter - Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Reagan - Iran-Contra
Bush -  Selecting Dan Quayle in the first place as running mate
Clinton - Welfare Reform
Dubya -Invading Iraq
Obama - Gutting the public option

Well, Carter was still President 36 years ago.
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2016, 12:30:25 PM »
Carter: Just about everything
Reagan: Iran-Contra
Bush 1: Breaking "no new taxes" pledge (or possible the selection of Dan Quayle for VP)
Clinton: Clinton healthcare plan
Bush 2: Invasion of Iraq (obviously)
Obama: Signing stimulus package (Obamacare is at least well-meaning)
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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2016, 12:57:50 PM »
Carter-Deregulating transportation
Reagan-Tax cuts
Bush-Promising 'no new taxes' and then raising taxes, mobilizing conservatives
Clinton-NAFTA
Bush Jr - Invading Iraq
Obama-Not being tougher on Wall Street
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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2016, 03:00:56 PM »
Reagan - 1986 tax cuts
Bush - Gulf War
Clinton - Telecommunications Act/Financial De-REgulation
Bush 2 - Iraq
Obama - Not fighting harder on taxes
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2016, 05:50:44 PM »
Quote from: RightBehind on April 28, 2016, 10:17:38 AM
Obama - Making the Bush tax cuts permanent
Um, they expired for everyone making over $400k/year.

That hasn't even passed yet.
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2016, 06:08:51 PM »
Carter - Deregulating Airlines
Reagan - Iran-Contra
HW Bush - 'No New Taxes'
Clinton - Crime and Healthcare Bills
W Bush - PATRIOT
Obama - Iraq/Syria
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2016, 09:20:06 AM »
Quote from: Blue3 on April 28, 2016, 05:50:44 PM
Quote from: RightBehind on April 28, 2016, 10:17:38 AM
Obama - Making the Bush tax cuts permanent
Um, they expired for everyone making over $400k/year.

That hasn't even passed yet.

Then I changed mine.
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2016, 10:33:06 PM »
Carter - Panama Canal Treaty
Reagan - Lebanon
Bush - Raising taxes
Clinton - everything in the 103rd Congress
Bush - Letting Cheney/Rumsfeld back in the White House
Obama - Red line in Syria
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2016, 07:43:43 AM »
As I think about it more, I would actually have to say that the repeal of Glass-Steagall was Clinton's worst decision, as opposed to his healthcare plan (which didn't pass anyway).
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« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2016, 07:44:20 AM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on April 28, 2016, 12:30:25 PM
Carter: Just about everything
Reagan: Iran-Contra
Bush 1: Breaking "no new taxes" pledge (or possible the selection of Dan Quayle for VP)
Clinton: Clinton healthcare plan Repeal of Glass-Steagall
Bush 2: Invasion of Iraq (obviously)
Obama: Signing stimulus package (Obamacare is at least well-meaning)
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