To Joseph: Some corrections of your information:
Ronald Reagan did not bring down the Soviet Union – it collapsed of its own weight and failures. (Richard Nixon’s sales of wheat to the Soviet Union in the ’70’s helped sustain the Soviet Union and prolong its life.)
The inflation/stagflation of the late ’70s was defeated by the policies of Paul Volker, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who was appointed by President Carter. (Alan Greenspan recently acknowledged that part of the reason for the current failure of the US financial system was inadequate regulation of complex financial instruments. The lack of regulation of these instruments was a result of the misguided idealogy championed by Ronald Reagan.)
I do not recall any media blaming Reagan for AIDS. Reagan expressed concern for its victims. Have you?
Richard Nixon became president in 1969; he could not have supplied arms to Israel in the ’67 War.
Richard Nixon took more than 4 years to end the Vietnam war and lied about his plans in 1968 to get elected. Many of the deaths of Americans and all others in that war occurred after he became president.
Richard Nixon built his early career as a red-baiter, demonizing China. His “genius” was reversing his own mistakes. If a Democrat had wanted to open relations with China, Nixon would have led the charge against the Democrat who tried.
Richard Nixon committed crimes for which you or I would be jailed.
“Japs” is a disrespectful term. Find another way to refer to the people of Japan, who were created by Hashem.
Eisenhower was not president when he led Allied forces in WWII.
I do not recall whether GHW Bush supported NAFTA while he was president, but he did not succeed in enacting it during his administration. It was enacted during the Clinton administration, as a result of Clinton’s efforts to enact it.
JFK – Hats? Bay of Pigs fiasco: bad. Iraq war: good?
LBJ – Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act – no big deal?
Clinton – economic boom – no big deal? Yes, he was a disgrace to himself.
Carter – brokered the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which has lasted 30 years. Lately, Carter has lost his mind, but what do you expect – he’s older than McCain.