Nas wrote:
Greatest president in the last 50 years.
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:34 pm ] |
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Shaved his head in solidarity with a 2 year old child of his secret service with leukemia. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07 ... latestnews |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:42 pm ] |
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Greatest president in the last 50 years. |
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| Author: | Phil McCracken [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:54 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years.
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| Author: | SomeGuy [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:55 pm ] |
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Phil McCracken wrote: Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. uhhhhhhhhh..........................maybe you should read the thread title a bit more closely? |
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| Author: | Phil McCracken [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:08 pm ] |
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SomeGuy wrote: Phil McCracken wrote: Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. uhhhhhhhhh..........................maybe you should read the thread title a bit more closely? 
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:11 pm ] |
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God bless George Bush who still is doing the right things at age 89! |
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| Author: | a retard [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:23 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. Why do you say that? Serious question... |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:56 pm ] |
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a retard wrote: Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. Why do you say that? Serious question... Because in my opinion no one was better. Clinton is probably the best politician but HW was the greatest leader. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:47 pm ] |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:32 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. I too am a big fan of GHWB. Great leader & President. |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:54 am ] |
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big deal, he was probably already near bald, he looks sicker than the kid does |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:05 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: a retard wrote: Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. Why do you say that? Serious question... Because in my opinion no one was better. Clinton is probably the best politician but HW was the greatest leader. O/U on number of times you have been asked that just on this board in the last two years? I'm guessing at least 15. |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George HW Bush |
He was Reagan light, fuck that. The head shaving was nice though. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:46 pm ] |
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FavreFan wrote: Nas wrote: a retard wrote: Nas wrote: Greatest president in the last 50 years. Why do you say that? Serious question... Because in my opinion no one was better. Clinton is probably the best politician but HW was the greatest leader. O/U on number of times you have been asked that just on this board in the last two years? I'm guessing at least 15. It's been a lot. Being a one term president hurts him in the eyes of most. He would have won in a landslide if it wasn't for Perot. His defeat is one of the reasons doing the right thing for the country or compromise is seen as political suicide. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:32 pm ] |
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Thats pretty cool of him. Good luck to the kid too. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:44 pm ] |
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He's actually getting ready for Breaking Bad to return. |
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| Author: | Baby McNown [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:53 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: It's been a lot. Being a one term president hurts him in the eyes of most. He would have won in a landslide if it wasn't for Perot. His defeat is one of the reasons doing the right thing for the country or compromise is seen as political suicide. #truth |
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| Author: | SomeGuy [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:54 pm ] |
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Baby McNown wrote: Nas wrote: It's been a lot. Being a one term president hurts him in the eyes of most. He would have won in a landslide if it wasn't for Perot. His defeat is one of the reasons doing the right thing for the country or compromise is seen as political suicide. #truth That is indeed very well put. |
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| Author: | The Original Kid Cairo [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:55 pm ] |
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Ronald Reagan sure gets a lot of love for being an evil bastard. |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:57 pm ] |
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Ronald Reagan sure gets a lot of love for being an evil bastard. Can you explain when you have a moment? |
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| Author: | The Original Kid Cairo [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:01 pm ] |
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Mostly his infamous stance on social programs as well as his support of South African apartheid. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:03 pm ] |
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Regan should be put on the $3 bill. |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:08 pm ] |
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Mostly his infamous stance on social programs as well as his support of South African apartheid. Reagan's philosophy of the best way tom oppose apartheid dovetails with Obama's stance in dealing with places like Iran. Reagan never supported apartheid anymore than Obama supported a radical regime in Iran. He just disagreed with the ways in which Congress chose to approach it. Which social programs besides the war on drugs? |
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| Author: | The Original Kid Cairo [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:24 pm ] |
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I was speaking more about how he took a hatchet to social programs. Reagan detested those below the poverty line. And we (my family) were below that line, so it resonates with me. |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:42 pm ] |
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Reagan was Nancy Reagan's puppet. He hadn't had a mind of his own since 1962. |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:55 pm ] |
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote: I was speaking more about how he took a hatchet to social programs. Reagan detested those below the poverty line. And we (my family) were below that line, so it resonates with me. What he did to mental health services was despicable. |
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| Author: | SomeGuy [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:58 pm ] |
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KDdidit wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: I was speaking more about how he took a hatchet to social programs. Reagan detested those below the poverty line. And we (my family) were below that line, so it resonates with me. What he did to mental health services was despicable. Yeah, that was pretty fucking bad. |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:11 pm ] |
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Ronald Reagan sure gets a lot of love for being an evil bastard. i don't think he was evil, but he had a huge blind spot with what you were speaking of with social programs. he also gets a little too much credit where the cold war is concerned. the soviet union was going to collapse regardless of what he said or did. that empire had been crumbling for a while. but he did have the right "face". and when i think of 80's politics, he and thatcher immediately come to mind. we're a reactionary society, though. every president currently sucks, and in 10 years, they were the best president in recent memory. in 20 years they were the best president in our lifetime, and then they get an expressway named after them or a coin. we're a lot easier on history than we are on news. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:59 pm ] |
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Seacrest wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Ronald Reagan sure gets a lot of love for being an evil bastard. Can you explain when you have a moment? Reagan fundamentally changed the American economy for the worse IMO. He came in office and immediately cut taxes disproportionately for rich Americans. We can argue all day that a 70% tax rate is too high but it was working. The rich were still doing well and the middle class could still see and believe that climbing into the upper class was possible. That changed when Reagan cut the tax rate from 70% to 28% in less than 8 years. The average worker pay has increased by less than 6% since then and we've seen CEO's pay increase by nearly 800%. Companies decided to ship jobs overseas and hire more low paying workers here to increase their bottom line at the expense of the worker. In fact most of the jobs he created were the low paying kind. The other effect of cutting taxes by 42% for the rich is it created a massive budget deficit. Our national debt went from a very manageable $900B to a bloated $2.7T. All of it was done to bleed government. Problem is when the average worker has seen their pay increase by less than 6% in 30 years they end up needing more government. If not for W Bush he would be by far the worst president in my lifetime and Clinton wouldn't be far behind. Even Nixon considered helping the workers with his employer mandated health care proposal. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:33 pm ] |
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Nas wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Ronald Reagan sure gets a lot of love for being an evil bastard. ...If not for W Bush he would be by far the worst president in my lifetime and Clinton wouldn't be far behind. Even Nixon considered helping the workers with his employer mandated health care proposal. I lived through LBJ, Nixon, Ford & Carter to start. Four worst: 3rd runner up: Clinton 2nd runner up: Nixon 1st runner up: W. Worst, by a landslide: Bonzo the Monkey & Sinatra's fuck buddy's best friend  Hell, the man opened a presidential campaign in Philadelphia, MS....to demonstrate his solidarity with the 1980's inspiration for the Tea Party. Or the White Citizens Councils/Klan. Firmly established the current playbook for the Republican party. Ultimately hated Americans. Then wasted trillions in pointless government actions scapegoating & harming those who couldn't fight back. But his buddies got really, really well. |
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