why do people wait for a bloke to die before they list all the bad things he did? Would you have said these things before he died? If so, why didn't you?
Yep: it's reaction to the laudatory statements from so many places, public and personal. I'm not bashing him or lauding him, but I understand the impulse to say something even if I'm not doing it.
I didn't like Reagan when he was president and specifically voted against him. I was openly and vocally opposed to most things he did and did not do. However, there hasn't been any point to saying anything recently: the man hasn't been in power for coming on 20 years.
As a person, I feel sorry for him--more so for his wife, frankly, even though I was never a fan of Nancy, either. As a president, his attitudes and the policies they contributed to angered me.
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Date: 7 Jun 2004 05:03 (UTC)I didn't like Reagan when he was president and specifically voted against him. I was openly and vocally opposed to most things he did and did not do. However, there hasn't been any point to saying anything recently: the man hasn't been in power for coming on 20 years.
As a person, I feel sorry for him--more so for his wife, frankly, even though I was never a fan of Nancy, either. As a president, his attitudes and the policies they contributed to angered me.