tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post5642381660994145910..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Columnists Go Ga-Ga Over Reagan Letter that Demonstrates What a Tool He WasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-4479720658717400602018-09-17T17:19:12.595-04:002018-09-17T17:19:12.595-04:00“Reagan was really no different than our current p...“<i>Reagan was really no different than our current president, he simply had better skills with the press.“</i><br /><br />And he didn’t have Twitter. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601457056561643193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-44516547341570953922018-09-17T12:15:20.695-04:002018-09-17T12:15:20.695-04:00It was clear in Reagan's first televised debat...It was clear in Reagan's first televised debate with Mondale that he was unfit to make presidential decisions. This was excused by many of my colleagues at work due to one fact: their federal taxes had gone down in Reagan's first term. That was the most important factor to them. We get what we deserve.<br /><br />Being able to lie in a charming, aw-shucks fashion was Reagan's major political talent. It seems to be almost a prerequisite for politics. The human race needs to evolve into better lie-detection. Technology might achieve this, but technology can be gamed.JimVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198704789965278981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-16300602278689585682018-09-17T10:34:22.732-04:002018-09-17T10:34:22.732-04:00It's been no secret that the Reagan held up by...It's been no secret that the Reagan held up by the right is not the Reagan that actually existed: his long history of dishonesty, his racism, his actions that let Marines out to be slaughtered in Beirut for no good reason, his explosive spending (with budget proposals drastically reduced several times before they were passed), his refusal to deal with growing evidence of the dangers of what we know as Aids, his authorization of the sale of weapons to supporters of terrorism in the Middle East and in Central America, his ordering agencies to stand aside so that the Central American terrorists could move drugs into the country to raise money -- those are completely ignored on the right, but the myth that he "brought down" the Soviet Union is still pushed.<br /><br />Reagan was really no different than our current president, he simply had better skills with the press.deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279929296814513986noreply@blogger.com