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23. Reagan laid the groundwork.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 01:37 PM

Jul 2015

It all came to fruition under Dumbya. His actions, such as weakening unions, made it easier for Village Idiot, as well as his filthy, criminal father, to do their dirty work. (Not that Bill Clinton's hand are clean here...)

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All things considered, who was worse- Reagan or George W Bush? [View all] Nye Bevan Jul 2015 OP

Ray Gun, because he made selfishness cool tblue Jul 2015 #1

Reagan took away widow pensions and the aided the retirement age to 67 yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #28

Without Reagan, we would not have Bush. And Reagan invaded entire hemispheres! n/t arcane1 Jul 2015 #2

This. hifiguy Jul 2015 #31

Without Reagan, the Bush coalition would not have gained power. Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #3

Reagan set the stage for certain. n/t Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #11

Bush hands down Gman Jul 2015 #4

Dead people and wars yes. Economy no. Reagan started the decline of the economy over 30 years ago. Dawgs Jul 2015 #8

I'm going with bush gwheezie Jul 2015 #5

That's how I feel as well deutsey Jul 2015 #13

Bush gave us shadow president Cheney. That's hard to top. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #17

Yeah, the Cheney factor throws it to Dubya, as far as I'm concerned. (nt) Paladin Jul 2015 #22

Bush was the culmination of Reagen's wet dream. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #6

+1 deutsey Jul 2015 #12

Well said. H2O Man Jul 2015 #18

Exactly right. GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #24

"Reagan created the fetid, toxic swamp from which Bush slithered forth. Glorfindel Jul 2015 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jul 2015 #7

That's a rough one, because Reagan caused long-term damage and Bush caused more Nay Jul 2015 #9

The BFEE... CanSocDem Jul 2015 #10

reagan created the medium. george w. moron* turned it into an art form. nt Javaman Jul 2015 #14

I object to the notion that either one was better, they were both worse. nt bemildred Jul 2015 #15

W, because he handed the reins to Darth Cheney. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #16

Short term, W. Long term Reagan. n/t Motown_Johnny Jul 2015 #19

Reagan, no question Amishman Jul 2015 #20

Empty headed venal puppets, both of them. hunter Jul 2015 #21

Reagan laid the groundwork. GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #23

Reagan is to False Prophet and Bush is to Antichrist. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #25

I would say its a dead heat Runningdawg Jul 2015 #26

in terms of long term damage it would be Reagan JI7 Jul 2015 #29

Bush was continuation of BFEE...as were Reagan and Nixon... Octafish Jul 2015 #30

reagan, hands down. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #32