The darling
of the GOP for his entire life … and beyond the grave … has been Ronald Wilson
Reagan, a mediocre “b” grade actor who stumbled his way to the presidency of
the Screen Actors Guild in 1947 just in time to ruin the careers of 10
Hollywood movie writers, including literary legends Dalton Trumbo and Ring
Lardner, Jr., by selling their asses out to the despicable Communist witch hunt
being conducted at that time by the paranoid U.S. Congress, and specifically a
fat asshole from Wisconsin named Senator Joe (tail-gunner) McCarthy, one of the
USA’s most renowned historical embarrassments. McCarthy aside, this was merely
the beginning of Ronnie Raygun’s descent into assholery.
Later, the citizens of California stupidly
elected him Governor so that he could spend the final few years of the ’60’s
turning the National Guard and Highway Patrol loose on all those dangerous
hippies that were infecting the world. People died and many more were hurt on
both sides because of Reagan’s prevailing gunslinger/macho attitude which has
caused many historians to sometimes wonder whether he was truly living in
reality or envisioning himself playing a part in a movie in which he saw
himself as some kind of beloved hero. Data to support the latter is available
by the reams.
He was elected POTUS in 1980 by using the
hostages being held at that time in Iran as human poker chips (see previous
article – Jimmy Carter) and quickly proceeded to use his new position to begin
a reign of terror and deceit reminiscent of the Nixon years.
An example: By explaining to a population
comprised of many, many stupid people that giving all of the money to the very
few extremely rich people was good for everyone because the money would eventually
“trickle down” to all the poor folks. Unfortunately, this concept was an incredible
crock of shit that didn’t work very well because a great deal of the money “trickled
down” to somebody’s offshore Swiss bank account where it was tax exempt and
sheltered while the poor folks waited … and waited… in anticipation. They’re still waiting, 35 years later.
Reagan and his wife Nancy began the “War on
Drugs” (surely you remember, “Just say no!”) in the early ‘80’s which has resulted
in thousands and thousands of dead people and trillions and trillions of
illegal dollars going in every direction on the planet. How’s that worked out?
He illegally sold weapons to Iran, you remember Iran, that little hostage thing a few years before, which was
engaged in its never ending war with Iraq, to raise money to finance an illegal
war in Nicaragua, which Congress had earlier snuffed… or thought they had. They
were wrong and the end result was over 30,000 dead Nicaraguans in what has come
to be known as the Contra War because Reagan had this thing about communism,
which when you look at it closely, is nothing more than a governmental
structure. Kinda like Don Quixote battling windmills, only a lot of people got
in the way.
During his last couple of years in office (he
was re-elected in 1984, which I found to be hugely ironic at the time) he
developed dementia and could barely find his way to the bathroom … or oval
office for that matter. His wife Nancy sprang into action and ran the country
for the remainder of his term with the help of her astrologer. Well, that's what I heard .....
After his term, many of Reagan’s administration
went to prison for various crimes.
On the Dick Scale, I still give Ronnie a 10,
right up there with Richard Nixon as the two most assholery of the Presidents
up to that point. But who would have guessed that a third was bubbling under
100, as they say on the record charts.
Next up: Bush, the elder.
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