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Thruout the 1980s - prime Reagan/Bush regime - I told anyone that wanted to listen that history would be kind to President Carter. Mostly this opinion got hiss

Thruout the 1980s - prime Reagan/Bush regime - I told anyone that wanted to listen that history would be kind to President Carter. Mostly this opinion got hisses. Well, let's see how his legacy plays out nowadays.

bloomingeek 4y ago
I agree, Reagan was nothing but an actor who depended on toxic masculinity and the ability to be a humorist. Carter was honest, where Reagan lied. Carter wanted to help people, where Reagan griped about welfare queens and put millions in prisons for non-violent crimes. Carter was highly educated, where Reagan had Nancy.
- serf 4y ago
  >Carter was honest >Carter wanted to help people He drafted mujahideen , gave them antique weapons, and hoped that both sides would extinguish each other in order to reduce deaths 'at home'. Someone can say 'Well drastic times call for drastic measures..', but personally I wouldn't refer to anyone that participated in such things as 'honest'. .. now that I think about it, I wouldn't really refer to any previous US president as 'honest' ; it's an incompatible trait with the job.
  - ethbr0 4y ago
    That seems reasonable immediately after Vietnam. If we're being honest, most of international geopolitics is setting your competitors against each other.
    - dventimi 4y ago
      That doesn't seem at all reasonable to me.
- euroderf 4y ago
  Ronald Reagan: calculating cynic or genial dunce ? The jury is still out...
earthboundkid 4y ago
History's greatest monster!
lockhouse 4y ago
Due to recent Presidents he can rest knowing with certainty that he will not go down in history as our worst President.
bjoli 4y ago
The more I read about the Iran-Contra scandal, the more convinced I am that Reagan and the people he surrounded himself with (including bush) were/are crooks.
billfor 4y ago
The only reason history will be kind is that nobody will be left that actually lived through his presidency. He was a terrible president and the 1980 election results are proof. There are so many things he failed at, as a manager. I would be interested in knowing the age of all the comments here lauding him as a great example of a president. Likely the vast majority of those were not born. He certainly was a nice guy from a personal perspective.
- euroderf 4y ago
  Well, the inane drumbeat of "It's Morning in America" certainly attracted certain segments of the electorate.

bloomingeek 4y ago

I agree, Reagan was nothing but an actor who depended on toxic masculinity and the ability to be a humorist. Carter was honest, where Reagan lied. Carter wanted to help people, where Reagan griped about welfare queens and put millions in prisons for non-violent crimes. Carter was highly educated, where Reagan had Nancy.

serf 4y ago
>Carter was honest >Carter wanted to help people He drafted mujahideen , gave them antique weapons, and hoped that both sides would extinguish each other in order to reduce deaths 'at home'. Someone can say 'Well drastic times call for drastic measures..', but personally I wouldn't refer to anyone that participated in such things as 'honest'. .. now that I think about it, I wouldn't really refer to any previous US president as 'honest' ; it's an incompatible trait with the job.
- ethbr0 4y ago
  That seems reasonable immediately after Vietnam. If we're being honest, most of international geopolitics is setting your competitors against each other.
  - dventimi 4y ago
    That doesn't seem at all reasonable to me.
euroderf 4y ago
Ronald Reagan: calculating cynic or genial dunce ? The jury is still out...

earthboundkid 4y ago

History's greatest monster!

lockhouse 4y ago

Due to recent Presidents he can rest knowing with certainty that he will not go down in history as our worst President.

bjoli 4y ago

The more I read about the Iran-Contra scandal, the more convinced I am that Reagan and the people he surrounded himself with (including bush) were/are crooks.

billfor 4y ago

The only reason history will be kind is that nobody will be left that actually lived through his presidency. He was a terrible president and the 1980 election results are proof. There are so many things he failed at, as a manager. I would be interested in knowing the age of all the comments here lauding him as a great example of a president. Likely the vast majority of those were not born. He certainly was a nice guy from a personal perspective.

euroderf 4y ago
Well, the inane drumbeat of "It's Morning in America" certainly attracted certain segments of the electorate.