him as a person or his policies?
2006-12-13 02:05:55 · 15 answers · asked by AFwife 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I admired Ronnie immensely. He was a man of conviction and he was not afraid to stand by them even when they were unpopular. He stood up to the Russians in a way which we had not seen since Kennedy and stated, then proved that we could win the Cold War, rather than just maintain the balance of power. On a more personal level, Ronnie was a great American, he believed in the greatness of the country and her people. When he spoke he made me feel proud to be an American. He reminded us once again of how positive this feeling could be and I will always have a special appreciation of the man for this simple fact alone.
2006-12-13 02:13:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bryan 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I 100% a Democrat through and through, but will always respect what who President Reagan was and what he did. He managed to do something no other politician let alone president could do, that's stretch across party lines and bring this country together. He made decisions with the countries best in mind, not his own personal agenda. I grew up in the 80's , and my great grandmother took care of me alot. It was almost like I grew up with Reagan because every time he was on the television my grandmother would say "Quiet now President Reagan's on." My great grandmother passed away in 1995 after a bout of cancer. When President Reagan died a few years ago it was almost like I had lost a part of my grandmother, and a part of my childhood. God Bless him.
2006-12-14 13:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by Brian J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought he wasn't particularly bright. He started the reckless and unsustainable borrow-and-spend policy that Republicans still use today. Anyone with an IQ over 50 should be able to understand that you can't cut taxes and vastly increase spending without paying a huge price for it later. On the other hand, at least he had the excuse that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Today's Republicans have no excuse at all for being so phenomenally stupid.
2006-12-13 10:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by ConcernedCitizen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wasn't old enough to be involved in politics at the same level then as I am now.. so I didn't have a personal opinion .. but looking back I'm not a great fan of the trickle down theory.. it dwindled our middle class and a middle class is what makes a nation strong.. .. sure it moved some people up and some people down.. others stayed the same.. the point is it moved people OUT of the middle class.. not in.
2006-12-13 10:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, never met him, so I can't say anything about him personally. Frankly, anyone who makes comments about him as a person without having met him are just spouting someone else's rhetoric.
Policies? More good than bad. Yeah, he left us with a big debt, but that's not the main reason he was elected. A key reason he was elected was because people were scared of the Soviet Union, and the threat it posed to the US. By the end of his term, that threat was greatly, greatly reduced.
It was a war that was fought, and won, with dollars instead of blood.
2006-12-13 10:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Teekno 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think of all the people that died of AIDS because he and his regime refused to accept the fact that there was such a disease and thus no American dollars were appropriated for research, care, or prevention. The disease was allowed to run rampant and entered epidemic proportions because of his denial.
I also, think of how he snored away, in the White House, while the diabolical plans were made, in the basement, for the "Arms-for-hostages" Contra-gate scandal.
I also think of his every answer, at the Congressional Hearings of the Contragate Scandal, which was "I don't recall."
That man never recalled anything he did while being president, proof that Altzheimer's was his Waterloo long before he left office.
No wonder that his second wife is such a strong advocate for stem-cell research.
2006-12-13 10:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by Brotherhood 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The greatest President ever.
2006-12-13 13:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a person, and for his policies - hands down the best President of the 20th century.
2006-12-13 10:10:08 · answer #8 · answered by boonietech 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Lets see, he released people from the mental asylums that should not have been released (my hometown has a couple of them living on the streets), declared ketchup as a vegetable for school lunches, and most likely was suffering from alzheimers during his presidency. Hmmm....
2006-12-13 10:15:20 · answer #9 · answered by Amanda S 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
JFK, REAGAN & BUSH all cut taxes and cared for the working people.
LBJ, CARTER, & CLINTON all raised taxes on the working people.
2006-12-13 10:19:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋