Yes, even as a kid I remember news alternating between showing him as a mean right-wing Republican who hates poor people, and a doddering old fool. It wasn't nearly as bad as with Trump, and the neolib establishment has softened on him now. Leftists (communists) still hate him. I remember talking with a lefty younger co-worker about how Reagan's legacy looks better now and he said "no he was still a shitty president with trickle down economics."
The press has portrayed every Republican president since WW2 as a fool, evil, or an evil fool. The last being especially hilarious, because they are trying to convince you that the guy is an idiot, but they also try to convince you he's some sort of evil genius bent on ruining people's lives. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad and obvious when you sit down and think about it.
Eisenhower was a fool.
Nixon was evil.
Reagan was an evil fool.
Bush senior was a fool.
Bush junior was a fool, then Iraq happened, and after that he was an evil fool.
Trump was/is an evil fool.
Maybe because he said "Mr Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
-Ronald Reagan, 6.12.1987, "Berlin Wall Speech"
"...it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech of 1963..."
It's brilliant. Instead of dealing with whiny taxpayers, just print all the money you need and blame le greedy corporations for le price gouging when everything's more expensive. Then give the rubes more printed money to combat le price gouging and be seen as heroes.
Yes, even as a kid I remember news alternating between showing him as a mean right-wing Republican who hates poor people, and a doddering old fool. It wasn't nearly as bad as with Trump, and the neolib establishment has softened on him now. Leftists (communists) still hate him. I remember talking with a lefty younger co-worker about how Reagan's legacy looks better now and he said "no he was still a shitty president with trickle down economics."
The press has portrayed every Republican president since WW2 as a fool, evil, or an evil fool. The last being especially hilarious, because they are trying to convince you that the guy is an idiot, but they also try to convince you he's some sort of evil genius bent on ruining people's lives. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad and obvious when you sit down and think about it.
Eisenhower was a fool. Nixon was evil. Reagan was an evil fool. Bush senior was a fool. Bush junior was a fool, then Iraq happened, and after that he was an evil fool. Trump was/is an evil fool.
It's all so tiresome.
Maybe because he said "Mr Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
-Ronald Reagan, 6.12.1987, "Berlin Wall Speech"
"...it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech of 1963..."
Well, you can see why they are mad.
He tore down the Anti-Fascist wall and all the AfD came in. Simple as.
I like how cutting taxes is trickle down economics, but an exponential increase in the money supply is populism.
It's brilliant. Instead of dealing with whiny taxpayers, just print all the money you need and blame le greedy corporations for le price gouging when everything's more expensive. Then give the rubes more printed money to combat le price gouging and be seen as heroes.
I would argue it's not working even now. People don't feel good about the economy due to prices. And we're not even close to hyperinflation yet.
Reading Thomas Sowell go over the media spin against him in 1984 is fucking insane. It's all the same shit they say about Trump.
Which also happens to be all the same shit they said about Goldwater.
It's all the same shit.