Think about it.
Republicans were blamed for getting us into the Great Depression. We went 20 years before we elected another Republican POTUS, but Eisenhower would be branded a flaming liberal by today's standards. Then we had Nixon/Ford and all of the scandal that went with it.
The Republican party made up its mind that they were going to take Reagan and prop him up into this bigger-than-life figure of the party. They've had the media propaganda machine working for them all of this time. You ask a Republican what they stand for, and Reagan was a polar opposite. But, the propaganda machine was in place and these people can turn to the said media to affirm their beliefs about Reagan.
I've gotten into arguments with in-laws who make the comment that we need another Reagan in the White House. I give them both barrels of facts:
Under Reagan:
11 tax hikes vs. 4 tax cuts
Tripled the national debt
Record budget deficits
Took the U.S. from world's largest creditor nation to largest debtor nation
On a per-annual basis, Reagan didn't create any more jobs than Jimmy Carter, the punching bag of Republicans
Reagan did NOT end the Cold War - he happened to occupy the White House when the wheels were coming off of the Soviet Union
And for the family values conservatives:
Reagan is our only divorced president
Nancy was pregnant before marrying Ronnie
When governor of California, Reagan signed legislation that liberalized access to abortions
Despite all of these verifiable facts, they still want to believe that Reagan was the best POTUS of our lifetime. That's what a well-oiled propaganda machine does to your country. Thank you Faux Snooze, RW talk shows and the rest of the lazy-ass "news" media.
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