Comments on: GOP Hopefuls Evoke Reagan At Debate

Vaughn Ververs: Republican Hopefuls Throw Few Punches At Reagan Library In California

[randalds]

So one minor misspelling? He still sucked as a president.

[leggonj]

Randal, Reagen might have been overated, but REAGAN was a great president. Atleast he wont be known as the president who got a hummer in the oval office by a chubby intern...

[randalds]

This is the same Reagan who introduced to the world the sleaze master of politics, Lee Atwater, who was Karl Rove's mentor. Atwater was the "man" who specialised in making up lies about opposing candidates and then spreading them via rumor, a favorite technique of the current sleaze master, Rove himself. This is also the same president who made a deal with Iran for them to keep the American hostages until after the 1980 election in exchange for agreeing to sell them arms illegally through Israel (and of course use the money to fund the CIA backed Contras, also illegally). For all of the "warm feelings" he gives some, one only has to barely scratch the surface to see what a corrupt and unprincipled man he really was. Not as bad as the current Bush granted, but a sleazy president in his own right to be sure.

[randalds]

Reagen is the single most OVER-rated president of our time! His presidency was the first one down the path away from true conservative republicanism toward neoconservativism. His administration was the first that allowed the lunatic fringe of the religious right wing gain more then a toehold in the government. In fact just about the ONLY smart thing he ever did was to pull our troops out of Lebanon and today's right winger's (like Di*cky boy Cheney) criticize him for it. Reagan is directly to blame for the current Bush administration because he is the one that sent his party down this path of destruction. Of course now that he's dead we're supposed to elevate him to sainthood and carve his face ion Rushmore! BULL! he sucked as president and his status hasn't improved any in death!