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By thomas bonsell (about the author)
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In February, a Gallup poll found Reagan second as the public's idea of the greatest U.S. president ever, trailing only Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy edged Bill Clinton for the third spot, with Franklin D. Roosevelt coming in at number five. George Washington did no better than sixth.
That followed a January survey of Americans that considered Reagan the nation's greatest president and pined for his leadership in these times of peril. Respondents in the nationwide poll said they preferred Reagan's qualities of "far-sighted vision" and "who persevered despite harsh criticism from enemies and was firm in pursuing his agenda." Apparently the 28 percent of the respondents who wanted a Reagan replication were unfamiliar with his true record or agenda. Nor did they remember that he went into office with a Republican Senate, which he kept for the six years in which he did the most damage to the nation, and a conservative House controlled mostly by Southern right-wing Democrats who eventually became Republicans, so had few enemies in power to oppose or criticize him.
About the only bona fide accomplishment by Reagan was to put a warm-and-fuzzy facade on evil, and it should be obvious to anyone that Reagan did nothing to benefit this nation and much to harm it, and we should never pine to relive such failures and national damage.
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Become a Fan (1 fan) -- Page 3 of 3 page(s)
That followed a January survey of Americans that considered Reagan the nation's greatest president and pined for his leadership in these times of peril. Respondents in the nationwide poll said they preferred Reagan's qualities of "far-sighted vision" and "who persevered despite harsh criticism from enemies and was firm in pursuing his agenda." Apparently the 28 percent of the respondents who wanted a Reagan replication were unfamiliar with his true record or agenda. Nor did they remember that he went into office with a Republican Senate, which he kept for the six years in which he did the most damage to the nation, and a conservative House controlled mostly by Southern right-wing Democrats who eventually became Republicans, so had few enemies in power to oppose or criticize him.
About the only bona fide accomplishment by Reagan was to put a warm-and-fuzzy facade on evil, and it should be obvious to anyone that Reagan did nothing to benefit this nation and much to harm it, and we should never pine to relive such failures and national damage.
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Thomas Bonsell is a former newspaper editor (in Oregon, New York and Colorado) United States Air Force cryptanalyst and National Security Agency intelligence agent. He became one of (more...)
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Nightmare of reagan
by Pat Herrick on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 5:37:44 PM
Reagan
by lucydavis on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 3:58:29 PM
Ronald Reagan: The Myths
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