Why must we pretend the 40th president was alert and engaged?

Slate ^ | Timothy Noah

[Petronski]

Oh, well, I'm convinced.

[Sloth]

You're not long for this world, newbie.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The most striking example being the time when you could see/hear Nancy telling Ron how to answer questions thrown at him by reporters.

How long were they married, when that instance occurred? My husband does that, too... we think alike, and can finish each other's thoughts. Answering questions comes naturally. A wild phenomenon, comes when two people become one.

[right way right]

Slate is electronic toiletpaper.

[Huck]

Of course you are correct. Libs don't get this because they usually aren't managers, directors, executives. They are workers. Even the highly intelligent libs tend towards professions where they are hands on task oriented people, like lawyers. They don't understand or appreciate management and leadership. They don't get it. That's why they were impressed by Clinton, who in reality was an incessant micromanager and a bore. And a boor.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

The Reagan expansion was not caused by a fall in oil prices. Supply side economics works. Even Brookings economists grudgingly admit that much. Nobody else had the guts to try it. Certaintly not X42. Sadly, W doesn't either. Most of what we've seen lately has been the same old Keynesian demand side stuff.

I wonder if Slick was "alert and engaged" while getting serviced by an employee half his age in the Oval Office on company time? If I tried something like that with one of my co-eds, I'd be gone in a heartbeat, and rightfully so.

Reagan, even with Alzheimers, would be a better president than Bill Clinton. Rest assured he wouldn't sell us out to China, let Osama get away, or invade churches.

Are you siding with the sickos at Slate, who want to try to make the short man taller by cutting the tall man's legs off?

[maeng]

Just the same old spin, lie, spin, doctrine from the looney left.....The liberals have to put down anyone and anything that is moral and right in order to live with themselves and their immoral ways.

[Corin Stormhands]

The most striking example being the time when you could see/hear Nancy telling Ron how to answer questions thrown at him by reporters.

It is much more likely that, due to his hearing loss, she was repeating the question.

[eyespysomething]

I wouldn't wipe my electronic a$$ with it, who knows what I'd catch.


Hey CC! Its tough when Moonves even admits it was biased. What did he say? If it was even 50-50 they would have run it?

Ahhh, help me, the bullies in the vast right wing conspiracy are getting us. Bwaaa-ha-ha-a-ha-ha.

Be seeing ya around. Or not.

[Liberty Valance]

Please tell me you don't agree with this article from Slate. What is it about Ronald Reagan you disagree with...tax cuts?...the end of the evil empire?...Honor?

I suggest some de-caf for you next time.

[Busywhiskers]

Considering PresidentReagan didn't tell his Sec of Tres what he wanted in economics, it simply astonishing that President Reagan's economic policies reversed the stagflation of the Carter era and produced the longest sustained period of economic expansion in our nation's history.

All of this sounds to me like a matter of management style. He did not choose to immerse himself in the nitty-gritty detail of policy, but rather set broad policy objectives and left it to his cabinate to fill in the blanks. This approach is probably what made him effective and in my humble opinion the greatest President of the 20th century. Unfortunately, that approach also lead to some instances of failure during his administration.

[PetroniDE]

Where you been lately? Cat got your tongue or something?

[Woahhs]

But there's no shame in admitting this, and I fail to see why it's such a huge deal - it's not like he was smoking crack or engaging in extra-marital affairs.

Do you not get the idea the left is trying to sell the idea conservatives are so stupid they approved of incompetent leadership? THAT'S why they want to push the Alzheimer in office canard. It's not about Reagan; Reagan is just the representative. It's about conservatism in general.

[JennysCool]

Reagan, even with Alzheimers, would be a better president than Bill Clinton. Rest assured he wouldn't sell us out to China, let Osama get away, or invade churches.

Are you siding with the sickos at Slate, who want to try to make the short man taller by cutting the tall man's legs off?

Post of the Day nominee, I'm thinkin'!

[right way right]

ZOTBUMP

[kcvl]

Timothy Noah: 'Can Bush be both ignorant and a liar? Yes'
Posted on Tuesday, June 24 @ 10:04:54 EDT

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There's no reason for Bush-bashers to choose between the two.

By Timothy Noah, Slate

[j_tull]

We have a USS Carter?

Still being built. It's an SSN21 class submarine, not an aircraft carrier.

[Tree of Liberty]

We do, unfortunately. It's a Seawolf class, fast attack sub.

[Wyatt's Torch]

The Reagan expansion was not caused by a fall in oil prices. Supply side economics works.

Disagree slightly. It was pure supply-side economics that rid us if the inflationary spiral we were in in the late 70's and early 80's. It also set off a deflationary recession. Tax cuts and finally gaining control of the money supply (i.e. meeting demand for money with supply) stabilized prices...including oil which fuels our economic engine. Couple that with the explosion of the PC into the workplace which revolutionized productivity and you have the 80's expansion.

[Johnny Gage]

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