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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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Originally posted by tache18x
I rated him mediocre, but I really believe he's in the top 15, not 10. I do think he is a great president because of his brash communication skills, and willingness to stand on conservative pricnciples. However, I don't like the fact that he completely ignored the poor, the oppressed, and the destitute. Reagan has this iconic view of what he thinks America should be (which is not all bad), a place like is was in the 40's and 50's. When things were "simpler". A time when blacks, asains, and others would die in war to fight the nazis, but the nazi had a better chance of coming to America and getting a decent meal, job, etc, than a black or asain person. I feel that in the 80's, little was done to address this part of America. The 80's are a time when inner cities feel apart, when drugs and gangs ruled, and I feel that the Reagan admin. ignored these things. Do I believe he was a man of fine moral character and ability? Yes, by all means. Do I think he deep down gave a damn about people who didn't fit into his iconic vision of America? No.
I rate the top 5 as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and FDR.
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So you are a Sociaist, and believe in redistribution of wealth from the earners to the needy?
You need to work on your grammar and syntax.
TR
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