#politics And now, reality: “ However, the same survey found that neither Harris, nor any of the other Democrats being floated as contenders to replace Biden—including Whitmer and California Governor Gavin Newsom—would fare better than Biden in a two-way matchup against Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.”
Because no matter how old you think Biden is, incumbents STILL do better. That has ALWAYS been reality. Reagan was a fucking disaster in his first term.
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https://www.newsweek.com/gretchen-whither-chances-beating-trump-poll-1919211
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He said trees cause pollution. He literally was showing signs of dementia. Think of Trump today and that was Ronny Raygun. The only diff? Reagan at least smiled. Not the rictus smile of Trump, but a real smile.
His policies were horrible. Carter tried to get our country on track with renewables which Reagan decimated. He was a pawn of fossil fuel and removed the solar panels from the White House.
Trump and Reagan had the same temperament regarding facts: they are irritating things.
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Reagan preached small government: he grew it. A lot. This fact is forgotten by the Reagan Republicans.
He was all about making space the next war zone.
He funded an unworkable technology nicknamed Star Wars. It was so bad, physicists mocked it.
It was so bad, the DoD requested ideas for tech that could not violate more than one law of physics.
Like Trump, Reagan was fond of lying. He lied to the American people about “arms for hostages” and then lied again when he said he lied to them.
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If you want to know how we got to Trump, it started with Reagan.
Reagan was a horrible President: he has two recessions in his FIRST term. People excuse it by saying “he wasn’t in charge of oil and gas”, true, but like Trump, he did NOTHING to mitigate it.
People lost jobs. Businesses got tax cuts. Republicans play up how wonderful it was but it was hardly wonderful unless you were rich (sound familiar?).
Reagan’s tax cuts were not made up through “increased revenue”…
And the mythology that grew continued to propagate an economic ideology (supply-side/Trickle-down) that has decimated the working and middle class to reward the wealthy again and again...