America's Grandpa could do no wrong.

[Different Drummer]

[HassleCat]

1. And Congress held no hearings...

...when he tried to set up a shadow government.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ......for visibility..nt

[FSogol]

3. Did you forget the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings which killed 241 US soldiers?

[GWC58]

4. I didn't hear Congressional Democrats

causing a big fuss over the Beirut bombing, where those Marines were killed. October of 83, if I remember correctly.

[gratuitous]

5. Back in a quaint old time

When our country used to think that such a wound to the United States shouldn't be politicized. We don't do that anymore, at least as far as practically anything can be used to knuckle Democrats. Heck 28 dead people in Newtown, Connecticut (including 20 children) wasn't enough for some people to exercise the gift of respectful silence.

[safeinOhio]

6. As I recall

They were not allowed bullets to protect themselves. Then he cut anchor and left. Never went after the killers.

[IronLionZion]

10. Reagan strategically redeployed our troops onto ships

and bravely brought them home. Cut and run only applies if it were a Democratic president.

Don't forget that Jimmy Carter cowardly let Americans be captured in Iran, of which they survived and came home later. But Reagan bravely sent Americans to die in Beirut. Reagan was so brave and fierce, that he released the Iranian hostages on his inauguration day because he's so tough.

I remember a Republican telling me in 2011 how Reagan was so tough for kicking Gaddafi's ass and that Obama was so cowardly for sending in seal team 6 to secretly kill bin laden. This was while Obama was bombing Libya.



Don't forget that Republicans live in an alternate reality.

[bhikkhu]

8. That's probably the best counter-example for benghazi nuts

241 american dead, mostly marines. The worst day for them since Iwo Jima, I've read. They were under orders not to have bullets in their guns, so they couldn't respond before the bombs went off.

Reagan called it "despicable", but didn't respond at all otherwise - no counter-attacks, no reprisals, just an ignominious retreat. Officially the reason was they never figured out for sure what happened.

[ErikJ]

11. Weinberger BEGGED Reagan to get them out of there.

Aide: Reagan Left Marines Vulnerable in Beirut | http://fxn.ws/1xmD3Us

[George II]

7. What about the attack at the Beirut Airport when more than 200 died?

[HughBeaumont]

9. Oh, and had high treason committed in my administration.

Which I was allegedly involved in, I can't recall.

Let's not forget that as you name highways after me . . .

[barbtries]

12. Beirut?

wasn't that about 259 service people?

and then, gw with 911 - none of that matters. they're republicans.

gawd i despise republicans and their fucking overwhelming hypocrisy