Will Bunch: Tearing Down The Reagan 'Myth' (18)
ooby_dooby: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Sounds about right.
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ooby_dooby: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Yes, sounds right to me..it interests me how much Reagan divides the US from everywhere else. Only in US was he thought a great President.
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Fallingman: Yes, sounds right to me..it interests me how much Reagan divides the US from everywhere else. Only in US was he thought a great President.
...and that works for me. Indiana is trying to get every county in the state to designate 1 highway dedicated on behalf of Ronald Reagan.
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ooby_dooby: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Awwwww,,and that upsets U. U are pathetic.
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Yes Raegan's greatness was all a myth.
He was an actor pretending to be a President.
He acted like a fiscal conservative and took office promising to cut the deficite.
But once in, he went wild with military spending and doubled the national debt over spacewar toys that didn't even work)
It's true that the arms race broke the Soviet economy.
But it broke the US economy too,
It just took a long time for the effects to occur because other countries supported the dollar.
But it's all over now.
He was an actor pretending to be a President.
He acted like a fiscal conservative and took office promising to cut the deficite.
But once in, he went wild with military spending and doubled the national debt over spacewar toys that didn't even work)
It's true that the arms race broke the Soviet economy.
But it broke the US economy too,
It just took a long time for the effects to occur because other countries supported the dollar.
But it's all over now.
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ooby_dooby: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Reagan had a fairly successful Presidency so I guess it makes sense that Republicans would use him as a standard. He was by no means perfect and the legacy left by him is debatable in and outside of political circles but I don't think calling his accomplishments a myth is accurate.
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ooby_dooby: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
Well he was a good actor and I really liked Bonzo.....
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Nice to attack a man that is deceased with a aged wife that cannot defend him. Will Bunch must be a real charmer
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Perhaps he's just trying to take some of the heat off Obama for the trillion dollar bridge to nowhere.
Why even worry about Reagan now when we are about to go off the deep end right now??? Shouldn't that be our most pressing concern?
Why even worry about Reagan now when we are about to go off the deep end right now??? Shouldn't that be our most pressing concern?
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Tom
Pass the kleenex and break out the violins for crying out loud!
All you from the Left, leave poor Regan alone. His poor body, his widow, his radio host son.
Oh the humanity!
In response to: Nice to attack a man that is deceased with a aged wife that cannot defend him. Will Bunch must be a real charmer
Pass the kleenex and break out the violins for crying out loud!All you from the Left, leave poor Regan alone. His poor body, his widow, his radio host son.
Oh the humanity!
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Fallingman: Yes, sounds right to me..it interests me how much Reagan divides the US from everywhere else. Only in US was he thought a great President.
Guess those 100,000+ Germans that tore down the Berlin Wall after he said....Mr. Gobrochev tear down this wall...only saw him as an average President?
Guess those Poles that stood in Solidarity, only thought he was a average President....as they changed Poland from Communist to Democratic? He was quoted in Poland many time during that time.
Guess the left in Europe still feel the flush on their faces, as they saw President Reagon....with a words and a few deeds...put nail after nail after nail....into the socialist's coffin.
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Drewski: Tom
Pass the kleenex and break out the violins for crying out loud!All you from the Left, leave poor Regan alone. His poor body, his widow, his radio host son.
Oh the humanity!
Pass the kleenex and break out the violins for crying out loud!All you from the Left, leave poor Regan alone. His poor body, his widow, his radio host son.
Oh the humanity!
What go around comes around....when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are in thier grave...and their widows remain...some Rush Limbuagh type will do a book on them. Not that it much merit or quality...
or can be defended against.....I will consider that just as low as this work of Will Bunch
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I have no feelings for Reagan either way, as president. But as a man..I feel he was rock solid. One of the few times in my adult life I cried was when Ronald Reagan died. I do miss the integrity of that man!!
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pretzelman: I have no feelings for Reagan either way, as president. But as a man..I feel he was rock solid. One of the few times in my adult life I cried was when Ronald Reagan died. I do miss the integrity of that man!!
Ditto
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And another point of view -
The real Reagan record on AIDS is different. AIDS funding skyrocketed in the 1980s, almost doubling each year from 1983 – when the media started blaring headlines – from $44 million to $103 million, $205 million, $508 million, $922 million, and then $1.6 billion in 1988. Reagan’s secretary of Health and Human Services in 1983, Margaret Heckler, declared AIDS her department’s "number one priority." While the House of Representatives was Democrat-dominated throughout the 1980s, which Democrats would quickly explain was the source of that skyrocketing AIDS funding, Reagan clearly signed the spending bills that funded the war on AIDS.
It’s also wrong that Reagan didn’t utter the word "AIDS" until 1987. Any reporter who bothered to check facts would find that Reagan discussed AIDS funding in a 1985 press conference, just for starters. But let’s turn that around on the rest of Washington. Does that mean no reporter asked Reagan about AIDS in the 1984 presidential debates? And that every interview President Reagan granted to a national or local media outlet failed to solicit Reagan’s opinions on AIDS until 1985? Using this phony-baloney spin line – that federal policy hinges exclusively on the presidential bully pulpit – is an exercise in liberal hyperbole over hard data.
The real Reagan record on AIDS is different. AIDS funding skyrocketed in the 1980s, almost doubling each year from 1983 – when the media started blaring headlines – from $44 million to $103 million, $205 million, $508 million, $922 million, and then $1.6 billion in 1988. Reagan’s secretary of Health and Human Services in 1983, Margaret Heckler, declared AIDS her department’s "number one priority." While the House of Representatives was Democrat-dominated throughout the 1980s, which Democrats would quickly explain was the source of that skyrocketing AIDS funding, Reagan clearly signed the spending bills that funded the war on AIDS.
It’s also wrong that Reagan didn’t utter the word "AIDS" until 1987. Any reporter who bothered to check facts would find that Reagan discussed AIDS funding in a 1985 press conference, just for starters. But let’s turn that around on the rest of Washington. Does that mean no reporter asked Reagan about AIDS in the 1984 presidential debates? And that every interview President Reagan granted to a national or local media outlet failed to solicit Reagan’s opinions on AIDS until 1985? Using this phony-baloney spin line – that federal policy hinges exclusively on the presidential bully pulpit – is an exercise in liberal hyperbole over hard data.
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Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
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Ooby Dooby
One thing Bush did right is to give more to Aids relief in Africa than any other administration. Hopefully Obama will do the same and more.
In response to: Revisionist history about Reagan must be rejected. Researchers, historians and AIDS experts who know the truth must not remain silent. Too many have died for that.
One thing Bush did right is to give more to Aids relief in Africa than any other administration. Hopefully Obama will do the same and more.
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Journalist Will Bunch says that the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which is claimed by the right and was so often referred to by Republican presidential candidates in the 2008 election, is not an accurate depiction of Reagan's presidency.
In his new book, Tear Down This Myth, Bunch argues that the Reagan legacy was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.