Can someone redpill me on Reagan?
Why is he the gold standard to the Republican party?
His rhetoric was great (and is what the party should be abiding by) but unfortunately he implemented a lot of neoconservative policies.
>>67895533
Who else will they revere? The name Bush is cancer and you certainly can't take on Nixon as a hero to your party
>>67895533
Strong foreign policy. Brought us Reaganomics. Didn't pander to black panthers.
He was the first neocon president. Neocons love him because it marks the time they stole the Republican Party
>>67895533
mostly for his positive, be proud to be american message.
Unlike current "hate yourself if your a man white and from the US" shit that gets spewed 24/7 on the media and by leftists
>>67895737
It's a shame Nixon is so demonized, I don't think he was a fantastic president but he's a lot better than people give him credit for (even if he was kind of a cuck for supporting gun control and ending the gold standard).
>>67895737
Lincoln
>>67895737
Andrew Jackson who?
>>67895533
well he was better than bush. but eisenhower should be the gold standard republican president.
>>67895971
>>67895990
If you need to go back several hundred years ago to find someone your party can rally around, you're doing it wrong
We're talking the modern era
>>67895533
Reagan artificially brought back the prosperity of post-war America for 2 decades so he's beloved among some conservatives. The truth is that America will never again return to its former dominance for simple reasons of international resource availability and military power.
>>67896065
It's kind of interesting how Trump is kind of a mix of Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan in one.
>>67895762
Burgers thinking Reaganomics was actually a good thing...
>>67896199
>A leaf doesn't believe in MAGA
I don't know what I expected.
Reagan brought us the most prosperous times we ever had. Clinton merely rode the wave. Its amazing that progressives have managed to make the common idiot think otherwise, similar to persuading blacks that the KKK wasnt a democrat element, or that republicans werent the civil rights party.
Just look at the art from the 80s and 90s and compare it to todays. The art of a time tells the real story.
>>67896385
>former commie shithole hates economic policies that aren't communist
color me shocked
>>67895990
Andrew Jackson was a Democrat.
>>67895533
Reagan lowered taxes and regulations among other things. The USA economy boomed for ~20 years straight during and after his presidency until 9/11 I believe. Reagan was a constitutional conservative (went back to the constitution to learn how to build the USA government) who had grounded principles.
>>67896562
Person living in Europe who was born and raised in the States, actually. Deregulation killed numerous industries in the US, and it all started wsith Reagan. Not that an Aspie like yourself could understand that.
>Like Mr Trump, Reagan was labelled a fascist, accused of race baiting and derided as a moron. As a student when Reagan took office, I remember the widespread predictions that he would provoke a world war. And yet Reagan is now securely in the pantheon of “great presidents”. Might Mr Trump make the same journey from odium to acceptance?
ft.com/cms/s/2/181106fa-e211-11e5-8d9b-e88a2a889797.html
>>67896705
>Deregulation killed numerous industries
Deregulation is what caused them to boom during the 80's and 90's, now if you're talking about shitty trade deals like NAFTA causing that I would agree but that wasn't implemented under Reagan (rather under Bush and Clinton).
Why don't the republicans rally around Theodore Roosevelt?
He was the epitome of a man and a figure that young people can get excited about.
>>67897163
Because his name was unfortunately poisoned by his tyrannical cousin
>>67897163
Was there a better president than Teddy in the 20th century?
>>67895533
he's not
George Washington is the gold standard of politicians
>>67896883
>Reagan is now securely in the pantheon of “great presidents”
hell no, he's the second Bush president plain and simple
>>67895533
based reagan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVvgNs8tqI
>>67898036
Calvin Coolidge
>>67895533
Reagan was a brain dead Alzheimers degenerate that should have been executed.
>>67895533
Reagan was threatened and basically brainwashed to start WW3 by the Bush/ neo-nazi element in his first term. The "cloud" Stanislav Petrovs early warning satillite picked up werent actually clouds, it was an American first strike probing to see if the Soviets would retaliate. When the American/neo-nazi Bush element realized the Soviets werent retaliating, they self destructed all on route missiles to save face.
Stanislav Petrov saved the world. After this debacle he watched the Day After and he totally wigged out and didnt want any part in war with Russia no matter how much they blackmailed him. He then hired Leo Wanta to bring an end to the cold war. Leo Wanta bankrupted the Soviet Union, by buying a shitload of Soviet Rubles in Vienna as the personal envoy of Reagan and the patriotic (think opposite of the Fed) element in the treasury bleeding the Ruble market dry. These rubles were collateralized into the Black Eagle Trust and the bond was set to mature Sept 12. 2001 to provide for massive humanitarian and development projects. Anyway 9/11 happened, the money was stolen, and now slowly its being wrestled back to its rightful owners, ultimately all of humanity.
Reagan in this respect was a hero for doing his part preventing nuclear war and facilitating the creation of a framework for a space age, civilized, prosperous world.
Who was one of the original supporters of Reagan (who frankly always had America's best interests at heart, who at worst was gullible and overly religious), before Bush was forced as his VP... Take a wild guess.
It might be a candidate running for President in 2016
Hows that pill, red enough for ya?
>>67895533
He was amazing.
Crushed commies.
Exposed liberals as retarded manchildren.
Made America great again after Carter's idiotic rule.
Etc.
>>67898906
>The "cloud" Stanislav Petrovs early warning satillite picked up werent actually clouds, it was an American first strike probing to see if the Soviets would retaliate. When the American/neo-nazi Bush element realized the Soviets werent retaliating, they self destructed all on route missiles to save face.
lmao what the fuck? Isn't the the shittiest way to test to see if your opponents willl retaliate?
>ayy lmao lets launch REAL missiles but call them off at the last second ;^)
is the US retarded?
The first one since Eisenhower to express this sentiment. We all thought it. He said it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhYJS80MgYA
>>67898906
ehhhhhhhhh.
source? i don´t mean some fucking book, just more info plz.
>>67895737
Coolidge
>>67895533
I heard he funded terrorists in Nicaragua used money Israel got from selling weapons to Iran or some convoluted nonsense like that.
The Contras literally did nothing but murder innocent people and that was all on Reagan's orders.
So thanks.
>>67899074
More maniacal than retarded.
He scared the crap out of us often enough, but he generally made us feel good about ourselves and our place in history during the 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A
>>67896122
every president since Coolidge has been shit
>>67899137
I dont have the time to pull out sources. Youve got google and youve got a bunch of credible names, do your homework.
>>67897163
Because he hated the Constitution
>>67899137
Its all online.
>>67899507
>>67899575
cop-out.
>>67895533
He was popular and won by a landslide. By saying the candidate is like reagan, is saying he will win the GE with ease.
>>67899639
lol enjoy
http://eagleonetowanta.com/
He was a Jewish faggot.
>>67898906
>Reagan was threatened and basically brainwashed to start WW3 by the Bush/ neo-nazi element in his first term. The "cloud" Stanislav Petrovs early warning satillite picked up werent actually clouds, it was an American first strike probing to see if the Soviets would retaliate. When the American/neo-nazi Bush element realized the Soviets werent retaliating, they self destructed all on route missiles to save face.
The clouds were clouds. And more importantly, nuclear ICBMs don't have a self destruct. Once the missiles launch, people are going to die.
>>67899639
>>67899831
Thats just the tip of the iceberg my friend.
Leo Wanta's the real deal. TRUMP IS THE REAL DEAL TOO.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
>>67895533
He was an idiot he stopped backing up the dollar with gold , and basicly made the petrodollar wich now causes all the stupid wars in the middle east , thx Reagan !
>>67900417
Nixon, much?
>>67895533
He is the only popular Republican president in modern history.
Who else are they gonna hold up? Ford? Bush?
>>67900563
to be fair tho. The last gold standard commission was established by President Reagan and him and his team voted by a wide margin against bringing it back.
so he rubber stamped Nixon's policy.
it hasn't been talked about since.
throwing this out there, if Reagan was in the running right now you'd call him a cuckservative.
>>67900417
>what is Nixon 500 frenchy
>>67900936
not true at all
/pol/ loves anyone who is a true american patriot, if he were running they'd love him
>>67901079
>Example Reagan positions:
>Taxes. "...although the Gipper slashed taxes dramatically during his first year in office... After 1981, Reagan raised taxes nearly every year: 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1986. The 1983 payroll tax hike even helped fund Medicare and Social Security—or, in terms today’s Tea Partiers might recognize, 'government-run health care' and 'socialism.'"
>Federal employees. "...during the Reagan years, federal employment grew by more than 60,000 (in contrast, government payrolls shrunk by 373,000 during Bill Clinton’s presidency)..."
>Deficits/Debt. "The gap between the amount of money the federal government took in and the amount it spent nearly tripled. The national debt soared from $700 billion to $3 trillion, and the U.S. transformed from the world’s largest international creditor to its largest debtor."
>Government sponsored healthcare. "As governor of California, Reagan nurtured and eventually expanded Medi-Cal, the nation’s largest Medicaid program."
>Immigration. "Reagan passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which eventually granted amnesty to 2.7 million illegal immigrants, and he continued to speak out for immigration rights after leaving office."
>Gun control. "Reagan was a staunch backer of the Brady Bill, urging Congress in 1991 to 'enact it without further delay.'"
>Foreign policy. Negotiated with Terrorists (Traded Arms for Hostages with Iran). Negotiated with the "Evil Empire" (USSR) without Pre-conditions. Made a Decision to "Cut and Run" From Lebanon After Our Troops Were Attacked
>Gay rights. "In 1978, he opposed California’s Proposition 6 ballot initiative, which would’ve barred gay men and women from working in public schools, and risked what his advisers predicted would be political suicide in taking to the airwaves to denounce it. Later, Reagan would become the first president to host an openly gay couple overnight at the White House."
Talk radio would devour him.
>>67900293
>>67900293
We're not talking about V2's anon, ICBMs even in the early 80's could be signaled to self destruct. Thank god for that. There have been numerous aborted starts throughout the cold war, the Stanislav Petrov incident by far the most famous. My source is the Export Import Bank President Dr. Peter Beter.
http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/
If only people knew how close the world came to....
>pic related
because he galvanized voters by erecting Baudrillardean simulcra
>>67895533
He was the goodest of goys
>>67901542
>"On operational ICBM's, there is no Command Destruct package, since the last thing we would want is to have a wartime missile blown up via radio by the enemy it was aimed at, since any code can be broken eventually. Truth is, once the missile exits the silo, only God himself can stop it (until a better generation of ABM comes along, anyway)."
For fucks sake, at least be intelligent with your bait.
