I can't speak for Davboz but there is no fear here of your words even if they are disrespectful. You are entitled, so are we.

Reagan was a good man and a great president. He restored decency to an office that had been tarnished by Nixon and demoralized by Carter. He righted our economy that had out of control inflation and stagnant growth. He restored our military capability and our stature in the World. While not without flaws, he was what America needed then (and could use a some of now IMO).

You might not agree with all that he stood for or even acknowledge all the good that he did, but even most democrats agree he was a good president. So your comments, like it or not, put you in...

I can't speak for Davboz but there is no fear here of your words even if they are disrespectful. You are entitled, so are we.

Reagan was a good man and a great president. He restored decency to an office that had been tarnished by Nixon and demoralized by Carter. He righted our economy that had out of control inflation and stagnant growth. He restored our military capability and our stature in the World. While not without flaws, he was what America needed then (and could use a some of now IMO).

You might not agree with all that he stood for or even acknowledge all the good that he did, but even most democrats agree he was a good president. So your comments, like it or not, put you in minority, grouped with the left most of the electorate & yes that is were you find most socialist.

BartendingBear - let's start with those that got him elected and kept him there - often known as Reagan Democrats - here's what Wikipedia says:

Reagan Democrat is an American political term used by political analysts to denote traditionally Democratic voters, especially white working-class Northerners, who defected from their party to support Republican President Ronald Reagan in both the 1980 and 1984 elections.

The term Reagan Democrat also refers to the vast sway that Reagan held over the House of Representatives during his presidency, even though the house had a Democratic majority during both of his terms

Then let's take a look at comments by some congressional Democrats:

"As an Ame...

BartendingBear - let's start with those that got him elected and kept him there - often known as Reagan Democrats - here's what Wikipedia says:

Reagan Democrat is an American political term used by political analysts to denote traditionally Democratic voters, especially white working-class Northerners, who defected from their party to support Republican President Ronald Reagan in both the 1980 and 1984 elections.

The term Reagan Democrat also refers to the vast sway that Reagan held over the House of Representatives during his presidency, even though the house had a Democratic majority during both of his terms

Then let's take a look at comments by some congressional Democrats:

"As an American, I appreciate Ronald Reagan's great leadership and service to our country," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). "As a Californian, I admire the special grace and humor that endeared him to millions."

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), said: "We often disagreed on issues of the day, but I had immense respect and admiration for his leadership and his extraordinary ability to inspire the nation to live up to its high ideals."

Kennedy went on to say that Reagan "will be honored as the president who won the Cold War."

And here's a comment by a lefty professor:
Ralph Whitehead, a political commentator who teaches at the University of Massachusetts, said that Reagan had many achievements but is likely to be most remembered through the "golden haze" of history for lifting the spirits of the nation early in his presidency.

"In 1979 and 1980, the country went through a period of self-doubt," Whitehead said. "Reagan did give the country a new sense of hope and possibility."

This is just a sampling, there are many, many more. Granted not all democrats agree but many do as evidenced above.

So I think it is YOU that wants to rewrite history.

Let me put this way:

If anyone should win the Oscar for the best actor of the 20th Century, Reagan wins hands down. For 8 years he pretended to be the President and everybody believed him.

As for his achievements:

Restoring the arm forces. Except for running a huge bill, most of the restoration happened "in house", by the Herculean efforts of men and women in the armed forces who stayed after Vietnam and fought the battles to restore it. He simply went spending happy ($6,000.00 toilet seat covers anyone).

Central America became awash with the blood of thousands, hundreds of thousands in places like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Supported right-wing death squads and right-wing dic...

Let me put this way:

If anyone should win the Oscar for the best actor of the 20th Century, Reagan wins hands down. For 8 years he pretended to be the President and everybody believed him.

As for his achievements:

Restoring the arm forces. Except for running a huge bill, most of the restoration happened "in house", by the Herculean efforts of men and women in the armed forces who stayed after Vietnam and fought the battles to restore it. He simply went spending happy ($6,000.00 toilet seat covers anyone).

Central America became awash with the blood of thousands, hundreds of thousands in places like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Supported right-wing death squads and right-wing dictatorships across to continents and dared to call them "freedom fighters".

Iran-Contra.....

NASA went boom and then it went bust....

Hiring corporate lobbyist to destroy the very agencies they had lobby against.

Again, the man has a good dog & pony show, and was way smarter than the current occupant, but a hero...no. Most people don't remember his track record or conveniently leave out the darker areas (the blood stained ones).

As for the American electorate, I am not a member so it really doesn't matter where I place among them. Nothing wrong with being a socialist mind you.

I'm sorry Ratilfar - it is apparent that you have no idea about the Carter-Regan years in the US military. I do, I served in the US Navy during both of those presidencies. Carter demoralized the military to the point that it couldn't even launch, much less succeed at a rescue attempt of the hostages in Iran. The military had little funding for operations and could barely keep the equipment running. We had little confidence in our equipment or methods (as we didn't get a lot of practice, torpedos and bullets cost money).

Reagan changed all that. Yes he spent money, it was needed. But he did much more than that, he restored morale, gave us confidence that we could once again be the bes...

I'm sorry Ratilfar - it is apparent that you have no idea about the Carter-Regan years in the US military. I do, I served in the US Navy during both of those presidencies. Carter demoralized the military to the point that it couldn't even launch, much less succeed at a rescue attempt of the hostages in Iran. The military had little funding for operations and could barely keep the equipment running. We had little confidence in our equipment or methods (as we didn't get a lot of practice, torpedos and bullets cost money).

Reagan changed all that. Yes he spent money, it was needed. But he did much more than that, he restored morale, gave us confidence that we could once again be the best military in the world and succeed at defending our country. He lead - you call it acting, but what he did was lead the charge. He was the CIC not the pot washer. A leader, not a soldier.

BTW - last account I had the military purchasing of non-weapon system is done by lcareer bureaucrats (not political appointees and certainly not the president).

You also overlooked the dramatic turn around in the US economy. I lived through that too - Not all the problems were solved but our economy was jump started again and inflation and rampant interest rates were tamed. Fact!.

Yes there was Iran-Contra. He didn't get everything right but he sure was far better than Carter, Clinton or the current Bush.

I stand on my original statement. This country could use some of that fine leadership Reagan displayed to unite us and turn things around.

Sorry, Obama and the current version of the Clinton act just can't do that.

It also locked the military into an anachronistic view of war on the North Atlantic/West German plain a mode that it still suffers from. And all weapon purchases are done by the plutocrats, or at least under their supposed supervision (civilian trumps military last time I checked).

The military avoided confronting the realities of its failures in Vietnam and concentrated on conventional/nuclear war and Reagan also made some huge mistakes, like Lebanon and Grenada (Grenada was not a bigger boondoggle because there really was no enemy there to begin with) .

You also conveniently ignored the price pay by so many because of Reagan's Cold War policies (some preceded him, other where cranked ou...

It also locked the military into an anachronistic view of war on the North Atlantic/West German plain a mode that it still suffers from. And all weapon purchases are done by the plutocrats, or at least under their supposed supervision (civilian trumps military last time I checked).

The military avoided confronting the realities of its failures in Vietnam and concentrated on conventional/nuclear war and Reagan also made some huge mistakes, like Lebanon and Grenada (Grenada was not a bigger boondoggle because there really was no enemy there to begin with) .

You also conveniently ignored the price pay by so many because of Reagan's Cold War policies (some preceded him, other where cranked out to the max). And as for the economy, yes I remeber the recession of 1981 and the recession of 1991. The first one was not his fault, but the second certainly was (although he was conveniently out of office by that time).

He was no puppet and he certainly was not stupid, but like I said, he was no hero either. As for Clinton, meh, more of the same, I don't believe in dynastic rule and Obama, sounds good so far, some missing points here and there, but much better than any Republican, and very much as inspirational as the late Reagan.