Some legacy

[Scuba]

For this you get an airport named after you???

[el_bryanto]

1. And a turnpike in Florida

The thing about Reagan is that clearly he appealed across party lines, in a similar way to Clinton. What about him got so many votes?

[Baitball Blogger]

12. We were all raised to respect old people. And after the Iran-Contra situtation

Reagan was in obvious distress. I know I felt protective of him because I felt sorry for him (and because the media hadn't yet put all the pieces together about the scandal).

I don't fall for that anymore. Especially when I see older people in my area take on positions of leadership to abuse their power, and when you call them out they resort to the "old guy" ploy.

[docgee]

26. Not to mention that turnpike is a piece of shit too, lol

[RC]

2. Rose the debt limit...?

Raised the debt limit... Other than that, the listed does not begin to cover the abuses during his Presidency.

[George II]

27. ....the listed DO not begin.....

[RC]

32. You caught that, huh?

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Holds the record for number of indictments and convictions

of administration members...

[lpbk2713]

4. Union Buster

PATCO

[NuclearDem]

5. Busted unions, ignored AIDS, illegally funded right wing death squads explicitly against Congress

The list goes on and on with that jackass.

[In_The_Wind]

6. For the youngsters ...

[Moostache]

7. You forgot something critical...

As bad as Reagan's policies were, he would be considered "too liberal" by today's nasty group of right wing hate mongers.
Fox News would be making sure that Reagan was crucified daily if he showed signs of gaining ground in the GOP of 2013.

So, as bad as Reagan was, by today's standards we was not enough for the arsonists who are running around torching everything in sight....

[Enthusiast]

24. Well, he did cut n' run in Lebanon.

[Schema Thing]

8. get that "debt ceiling" bullshit outa there and you've got something

Fighting stupidity and dishonesty with stupidity and misinformation is not my idea of progressive.

[n2doc]

9. I still refuse to call it that

It is National Airport. Nothing else.

Should add- Told CIA to arm and Train OBL. Allowed CIA to arm and train death squads in Central America. 241 Americans killed in Lebanon under his watch, and never brought their killers to justice. Did nothing to combat the AIDS epidemic in his own country.

[MyNameGoesHere]

10. Concealed terminal illness that caused poor decision making.

Well I will have to wait about 50 years to learn the truth on that one. But I believe it.

[HughBeaumont]

11. Trickle-down economics nailed in place for good.

Allowed Wall Street pigs like Donald Regan on his staff.

[dotymed]

13. Unbelievably,

our democratic President admires him...

corporate to the bone.

I still regret that I was such (a hard working) idiot in 2008...

[Enthusiast]

22. Plus one! Out loud!

[niyad]

14. did you know that there is, or at least was, a group dedicated to getting something named after

that scumbag in every county in the country. in this county, it is the section of the interstate through here.

[perdita9]

15. And completely mishandled the AIDS crisis

People always forget about that one

[mountain grammy]

17. NEVER FORGET!! He's repsonsible for countless AIDS deaths

[Enthusiast]

21. +1 a significant amount.......nt

[aptal]

34. +10000

Will never ever forgive this POS for that.

[mountain grammy]

16. Taxed unemployment benefits.

I can't say any more or I'll start ranting like I did for the 8 years that immoral, fucking bastard was in office.

[Enthusiast]

20. He cost me my job!

Pure evil much like Dickless Cheney.

[L0oniX]

18. Also reported/snitched on fellow actors for association with comunists. Called out the NG on

peaceful war protestors. Disowned daughter. Total asscarrot!

[Enthusiast]

19. First rate scumbag!

He even cut and run in Lebanon. The least of his sins.

[Cyrano]

23. Reagan was amiable and that

is why so many didn't notice his policies. They also didn't notice that he was an imbecile.

Unlike today's Republicans/Teabaggers, his mean spiritedness didn't show through. In America, an amiable imbecile will beat out a boring intelligent person almost every time.

[BlueMTexpat]

25. I refuse - ever - to call DC National anything

other than "National Airport." Unless, of course, the name is changed from the current obscenity.

So do 99% of those who are native to Washington, DC.

[jsr]

28. Don't forget the $400 million funeral for his carcass

[Feral Child]

29. And the narcissism of his dyed hair.

[Dash87]

30. Rather than fixing mental hospitals, destroyed them completely

and threw a bunch of people on the street who need help more than anything else in the world.

Is walking around and being homeless helping these people? I'm asking ironically, since we all know the answer. Just because you pretend they aren't there doesn't mean they aren't. A lot of them are veterans too - it's okay for both parties to sneer at individual soldiers, but they can love "the troops™" at the same time, somehow.

[Dash87]

31. Took credit for winning the "Cold War," despite Russia's collapse being inevitable.

Kennedy was the real winner of the Cold War. He kept us all alive despite a bad situation. Kennedy got Russia to back off with nothing in return.

Something happening in your term doesn't mean you caused it.

Edit to clarify: I know Russia didn't fully collapse in Reagan's term, but it was coming apart at the seams. This was inevitable due to Russia being horribly mismanaged, not Reagan. I know it was also formally the USSR, but "Russia" is also acceptable.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. And, he proved that H.L. Mencken was right.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. - H.L. Mencken

[joeybee12]

35. Homophobe and racist, too...knr

[lpbk2713]

36. The GOP Congressional majority changed the law on RayGun's behalf.

So they could name an aircraft carrier after his useless dipshit ass.