A list of positives about Reagan

[drdigi420]

1.

Ok, I'm done.

[MallRat]

1. 2. He liked jellybeans.

Always a rather underrated candy, in my opinion.

-MR

[Jose Diablo]

6. Nobody is ALL bad

The Jellybean part gets me, it really does. There is a tear welling up in my eye.

Jellybeans are underrated. Good, cheap, don't melt in your hand, last forever and they come in all flavors.

Edit: He had good teeth.

[BurtWorm]

9. How could he have good teeth after eating all that sugar?

:wtf:

[Jose Diablo]

12. Good question

Maybe he didn't chew them, but swallowed them quick?

That is a mystery though.

Gasp, do you suppose, is it posible, he had false teeth?

[BurtWorm]

14. Yeah, right! And he used Grecian Formula on his hair!!

:eyes:

[Jose Diablo]

15. I am shocked

Shocked I tell you.

[flewellyn]

2. Hmm, here's a few...

* He did not, despite our fears, actually trigger a nuclear holocaust.

* As far as I know, he did not kick puppies and trip blind kids in public.

Okay, I've come up short.

[TlalocW]

3. 3.

He never made anyone feel stupid while he was around them.

TlalocW

[mopaul]

4. he made us feel good about our racism & hippy hatred....n/t

[buycitgo]

8. yes, he did

[elperromagico]

5. 2. He had nice hair.

[emulatorloo]

13. 2a. and it supported a cowboy hat in an attractive manner

EOM

[OBrien]

7. that he died now rather than late Oct. or early Nov n/t

[drdigi420]

10. touche'

of course i was exagerrating in my post, but I thought it would be nice to have a non-glorifying reagan thread for a change.

[Beetwasher]

11. Uhhh, He's Dead?

I'm done.

[Don_G]

20. Not Quite....

I'm POSITIVE he's dead.

"Trust, but verify" accounts for those loooooooong lines.

[bleedingheart]

16. 2. He married Nancy after he knocked her up...

[eridani]

17. 1. Signed legal abortion law in California well before Roe v Wade

2. In 1979, he took a public stand against the Briggs initiative, which would have made it illegal for the school system to have any gay employees. A very effective anti-Briggs commercial was made from this, also featuring former governor Jerry Brown, captioned "When was the last time these two men agreed about anything?" It effectively marginalized the pro-initiative people.)

Unfortunately, after that his handlers decided that the votes of religious fundie whackjobs were more important.

[VOX]

18. Redress for Japanese-Americans in 1988...

http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/worldwarii/a/internment.htm
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act that provided redress for Japanese-Americans. Each living survivor was paid $20,000 for the forced incarceration. In 1989, President Bush issued a formal apology. It is impossible to pay for the sins of the past, but it is important to learn from our errors and not make the same mistakes again, especially in our post-September 11th world. Lumping all people of a specific ethnic origin together as happened with the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans is the antithesis of the freedoms upon which our country was founded.

[info being]

19. He tried to appeal to our hopes instead of our fears

Too bad he used our collective hope to slaughter innocent people around the world.