Reply To: Presidential Pecking Order

nfgo,

A large reason that the Soviet Union collapsed, were Reagan’s policies and actions. For example, Star Wars, initiated by Reagan, scared the dickens out of the Soviets causing them to increase their military spending, directly causing their economic collapse.

Reagan’s supply side economics gave the U.S. economy an enormous boost causing the largest employment gains to date (at the time.)

The media skewered Reagan blaming him for the spread of AIDS and anything else they could attempt to tarnish him with.

I corrected myself regarding Nixon in a subsequent comment. It was the ’73 war that Nixon heroically supplied rapid emergency arms to Israel in the midst of war.

Nixon inherited the Vietnam War from Kennedy and Johnson. He honorably ended it.

Nixon established diplomatic relations with China, where previously the U.S. had only diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Historians widely credit Nixon for establishing U.S.-Chinese relations.

If you or I committed such so-called crimes, no one who have batted an eyelash.

The Japs maliciously and treacherously surprised attacked us in Pearl Harbor. They are worthy of nothing but contempt.

Eisenhower was the General of all Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. He deserves high credit for our victory there.

George H.W. Bush not only supported NAFTA, he negotiated NAFTA and brought it about. Its ratification process was ongoing as he left office.

Kennedy & Johnson, bad.

The economic boom came subsequent to the Republican takeover of Congress in ’94. Congress has far greater control over the economy than does the President.

Carter negotiated the so-called “peace” treaty at Camp David indeed. Some “peace” it has been. And that includes the Egyptians. Clinton negotiated Wye. Thankfully it never came to fruition, or it would have been a greater disaster than Camp David.