This. It's still Reagan's fault for falling for it though. That and no-fault divorce in California were his two biggest screw ups. You have to put it into context though, we had bigger fish to fry during the Cold War.
Back then there was a lot more honor in politics as well. I know now that people reading this are thinking OF COURSE THE DEMOCRATS LIED!!!, but it wasn't always the case that you could not trust a gentlemen's agreement from them.
And he is an idiot for going through with it. Defend the Hughes Amendment while we are at it. What about the CIA funneling drugs into ghettos? Reagan was a RINO. He set the Republican party back decades.
[Redpill] He didn't "choose" GHWB, the Establishment Swamp/Deepstate in the party did. See the 1976 Primary for more background, or even going back much further than that. It was the only way Reagan could secure the top of the ticket, sorta how DJT has to "choose" Establishment Swamp/Deepstate critters for DHS and other positions to secure "confirmations". The civil war within the Republican Party then was as it was pre-Trump; Trump knew and studied the past game, and was able to use much of the Reagan playbook and add to it. Similar to MAGA, is from Reagan's campaign slogan of "Let's Make America Great Again." and DJT improved it, and trademarked it to Make America Great Again.
Yep both are huge screw ups, but letting Bush be VP was worse. Not just then but the damage the Bushes would later go on to do the America and the world. Of course Reagan couldn't possibly know what the future was.
His biggest screw up was choosing GHWB as his VP. He influenced him far too much on that amnesty crap.
It was the Democrat congress that promised immigration reform if he passed amnesty first. They lied.
This. It's still Reagan's fault for falling for it though. That and no-fault divorce in California were his two biggest screw ups. You have to put it into context though, we had bigger fish to fry during the Cold War.
I only know about it because Mark Levin would talk about it constantly. I was still a 4 year old kid in commie poland when this happened.
Btw Mark Levin is not a repill dispenser, he dispenses bluepills too; and as a purple pill dispenser he's both useful, and counter-productive.
Yep R. Reagan said in hindsight that his signing No-Fault Divorce as Governor of CA was his biggest mistake.
Back then there was a lot more honor in politics as well. I know now that people reading this are thinking OF COURSE THE DEMOCRATS LIED!!!, but it wasn't always the case that you could not trust a gentlemen's agreement from them.
And he is an idiot for going through with it. Defend the Hughes Amendment while we are at it. What about the CIA funneling drugs into ghettos? Reagan was a RINO. He set the Republican party back decades.
[Redpill] He didn't "choose" GHWB, the Establishment Swamp/Deepstate in the party did. See the 1976 Primary for more background, or even going back much further than that. It was the only way Reagan could secure the top of the ticket, sorta how DJT has to "choose" Establishment Swamp/Deepstate critters for DHS and other positions to secure "confirmations". The civil war within the Republican Party then was as it was pre-Trump; Trump knew and studied the past game, and was able to use much of the Reagan playbook and add to it. Similar to MAGA, is from Reagan's campaign slogan of "Let's Make America Great Again." and DJT improved it, and trademarked it to Make America Great Again.
Yep both are huge screw ups, but letting Bush be VP was worse. Not just then but the damage the Bushes would later go on to do the America and the world. Of course Reagan couldn't possibly know what the future was.