Worst U.S. President of 20th Century?
February 6, 2011 at 11:09 pm | 3 Comments »Nixon? Hoover? Coolidge? Harding? They each have compelling reasons to be called the worst but I’m going out on a limb and picking Ronald Reagan.
That’s right, the “Gipper” sucked.
I know. you’re revving up the hate mail machines but look at the facts first.
Reagan was a hypocrite. He campaigned on a platform of smaller government and lower taxes. Yet under his administration the size of the government ballooned, the federal deficit went through the roof and he had to raise taxes several times.
Reagan was a criminal. A little scandal called Iran Contra. He approved the illicit sale of arms to Iran. Then proceeds from those sales bankrolled a secret war to overthrow Nicaragua’s democratically-elected government. He should have gone to jail.
Reagan was a sham. He charmed the masses into supporting policies that go against their best interests. His policies continue to allow the rich to get even richer, at the expense of the working and middle classes whose wages have been essentially static for decades. He cut the safety nets and allowed thousands of mentally ill to wind up homeless on the streets of our cities. And he labeled ketchup as a vegetable for calculating the nutrition of school lunches.
I’m proud to say I voted against him in both 1980 and 1984. Fat lot of good that did though.
Hi.
I just found your site by accident.
I agree. Ronnieboyraygun was a horrid person.
But he was only the president for the purposed of TV cameras.
He had no frikkin clue what was going on beyond his own nose.
I worked in Pittsburgh for a social service agency during the 80s, while the steel industry crumbled.
Don’t believe the Monday Night Football hype.
Pittsburgh has NOT recovered from that horror.
And now we’re smack in the middle of another one.
Have a good day.
I appreciate your lack of equivocation. He did do many of the things you state. I do, however, disagree with you. Greatness is measured in terms longer than one administration. E.g. Strategy- Ronnie did run up the budget to kill the USSR (cold-war) , and this in turn allowed for a military draw-down that allowed Bush (41) and Clinton to close bases. so, I think perspective and a long term view is necessary. Re. arms trading … USSR was doing similar arms trading and it was the way that the USSR & USA were playing the game. I would challenge you to view his actions within the context of the political environment of the time.
Ha! I too found your site by accident but i am so glad i did!
Reagan and his cronies were sociopaths with no regard for the working men and women of this country. His greedy, thoughtless, stupid acts affected America on so many levels not the least of which was prompting and fanning the fires of hatred against this country.
Every time I think of him, I send thoughts of painful awakenings to his spirit. I hope he tumbles in agonizing remorse along with all the other greedy power-mongers in this world. Thanks for letting me speak here.