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=>In article <CzzIqy.KEA@cuug.ab.ca> banksc@cuug.ab.ca (Banks) wrote:

  [drum roll] ...and here it is...

=>Ronald Reagen is one of USA's greatest presidents -EVER-,

 You have GOT to be kidding.

=>he is great
=>because he stood up for his beliefs.

 Yes, he believes in legislating away speech, and personal liberty.
 He hates women who believe they can control their bodies.

 Other presidents have also stood up for their beliefs, and are infinitely
 greater (Jefferson's stand on the alien and sedition acts, and the 1789
 Judicial review act, Jefferson's pardoning of all convicted under the
 unconstitutional, anti-speech, alien and sedition laws).

 Tell me one thing that Reagan did, that was great?   Kill 275 + unarmed
 U.S. Marines in a hostile country?  No, he wouldn't be responsible for
 that, now would he?  Erecting a shadow government, through the NSA, with
 the aid of Ollie North?  No, he wouldn't do that.   That could be called
 treason.

 Oh, I forgot, he didn't know what Ollie was doing.... YEAH RIGHT!!!

=>Before and after the election unlike
=>Prez Bubba who is the original BAIT-&-SWITCH president.

=>If so then Ted Kennedy will rot in hell for a couple a billion years.

  Either you have a socialist type government (Kennedy), or you have
  an authoratarian/facist type government (Reagan).

  What amazes me is that people don't realize that it's not all too
  good to have one party controling the entire ball game.  Balance
  is crucial, that's why Ted Kennedy and Jesse Helms are crucial.

  With each side pulling things their way, in theory, if the government
  is balanced, our lives are supposed to rest comfortably in the middle,
  rather than having to choose between marxism and facism.

=>You couldn't beat Reagan while he was in office, so you're kicking a good
=>man when he's down.

 He was a card  carrying New Dealer in the 1940s: borderline socialist,
 and now he's some kinda jesse helms wannabe.

 People who venture from one extreme to the other, are usually not to be
 trusted (that's also my opinion about Paul the apostle and his version
 of Christianity).  They don't know for sure what they stand for.

=>Reagan deserves better than that, if you can't give
=>him the respect he has EARNED and deserves, then shut up. In short you're
=>a heartless bastard.

 Reagan was probably the dumbest person (literally) to hold the
 office of president.  To say he was one of the greatest, as if he
 has earned enough respect to be mentioned in the same sentence with
 the likes of Jefferson, Madison and Lincoln, is simply blind worship.

 Please tell me one great thing the man did?

 --Bill M.