Ronald Reagan was a Bad President

Ronald Reagan was a ignorant, hypocritical president who neglected the needs of the many for the needs of the few. But for the sake of time lets just count down his worst traits as president. He was ignorant: (http://www.democraticunderground.com...) Ill just give a few quotes from people around him and from the man himself the get us a good impression on his intellect. "They told stories about how inattentive and inept the President was.... They said he wouldn't come to work--all he wanted to do was to watch movies and television at the residence." --Jim Cannon (an aide to Howard Baker) reporting what Reagan's underlings told him, Landslide: The Unmaking of the President: 1984-88 Reagan's only contribution throughout the entire hour and a half was to interrupt somewhere at midpoint to tell us he'd watched a movie the night before, and he gave us the plot from WarGames, the movie. That was his only contribution." --Lee Hamilton (Representative from Indiana) interviewed by Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears." --British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?" --Ronald Reagan (Governor of California), quoted in the Sacramento Bee, opposing expansion of Redwood National Park, March 3, 1966 "I don't believe a tree is a tree and if you've seen one you've seen them all." --Governor Ronald Reagan, in the Sacramento Bee, September 14, 1966 "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." --Ronald Reagan (Republican candidate for president), quoted in the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press, February 15, 1980. (In reality, the average nuclear reactor generates 30 tons of radioactive waste per year.) "...the moral equal of our Founding Fathers." --President Reagan, describing the Nicaraguan contras, March 1, 1985 "I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964." --Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1966 Now that's done on to the meat of the issue His foreign policy was terrible: Ronald Reagan helped support the Contras who murdered mass amount of civilians and wanted to restablish a dictatorship in Nicaragua. He created Al-Quedia by arming and training the Mujahideen in retalitation against the Soviets. Ronald Regan also supported the Apartheid government in South Africa. Congress tried to pass the Anti-Apartheid Act in order to get South Africa to stop its suppression of votes. Ronald Reagan vetoed that bill. He supported Manuel Noriega (Panama), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Ferdinand Marcos (Phillipines) and supported the brutal El Savador Regime. When 4 American nuns were raped and killed by El Salvadorian soldiers the Regan Administration said that maybe they were trying to block military vehicles. His Adminstration was extremely corrupt: At least 138 Reagan officials were indicted of felonies. However of course Ronald Reagan pardoned them. Secretary of the Interior, James Watt "Indicted on 21 felonies "Attorney General, Edwin Meese "Resigned after investigations of corruption "Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger"Charged with Iran-Contra crimes and pardoned before going to trial "Assistant Secretary of State, Elliot Abrams - Plea bargained for Iran-Contra crimes and pardoned by President Bush "Two National Security Advisors, Robert MacFarlane and John Poindexter"Pleaded guilty to Iran-Contra crimes and were pardoned "Three high ranking CIA officials, Alan Fiers, Clair George and Joseph Fernandez "Convicted and pardoned for Iran-Contra crimes "At least 9 Reagan appointees were convicted of perjury, lying to Congress, obstruction of Congress, or contempt of Congress (http://hubpages.com...) He is just a plain liar: Ronald Reagan told bald-faced lies all the time He once said he was a photographer assigned to a concentration camp: Proved Wrong He once said he knew a woman who had 80 aliases in order to rig the welfare system: Never Proven Claimed that trees cause more pollution than automobiles: I don't think I need to say anything to prove that's just plain stupid.Reagan babbled on and on about the world having freedom but if any democratically elected government was communist He was a hypocritical person: After critizing Jimmy Carter's 50 billion deficit Ronald Reagan went on to create a 200 billion dollar deficit. he would support the dictatorship alternative. This is clearly evident in Nicaragua and El Salvador His economical person. The Economy: Ronald Reagan's Trickle Down economic plan was a complete disaster. The whole premise was that if you feed the richer more somehow you will get more breadcrumbs. After Ronald Reagan's economic plan came into effect unemployment rose from 7.5 to 10.8 percent. (http://www.washingtonpost.com...) Nearly 1/3 of all farms in the U.S faced the risk of foreclosure because of the Reagan Trickle Down plan. This also led to the utter collapse of the savings and loans industry costing tax payers a whopping 150 billion dollars. Thanks for the acceptance Con! Vote PRO! Sources: http://hubpages.com... (Much of what I covered came from here) http://www.washingtonpost.com...