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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Omega, Of course FDR "meant well." He also did a lot of good, and had the Depression heading out the door when WWII came about. It would've taken longer without the war to end the Depression, of course, but it would have been done. The start of the Cuban Missile Crisis was more a result of the Bay of Pigs, after which Nikita Kuschchev began to send the missiles to Cuba. Yes, the Russians were pissed about having missiles pointing at them from *several* Western European nations ... of course, the Russians also had their own missiles pointing at the same Western European nations, but had no missiles that could reach the U.S., and were rather upset about that. To state that the GOP was responsible for the Civil Rights Act is ... well, laughable. Kennedy formed a "Commission on the Status of Women," to address the inequality of the sexes. When the Civil Rights Act was up in the House, Howard W. Smith (a Republican from Virginia), added "sex" to the list of "race, color, religion or national origin", assuming the bill would be voted down (because, c'mon, who wants to give women the right to vote anyway?) Right there you have evidence of GOB scheming to defeat the bill, which passed the House, and was later signed into law by LBJ. As for Reagan ... god, you really are ... well, I won't say it. Reagan was barely a president, having little control over what went on when he was in office. Two things helped him maintain his popularity: 1) The release of US Hostages in Iran when he entered Office, despite the fact that he had nothing to do with the releases. 2) His success at overcoming the attempted assassination (later, with Bush as president, Reagan's physician would tell news agencies that Reagan had been incapable of preforming the duties of his job, and powers should have been transfered - temporarily - to VP Bush) George Bush condemned Reagan's economic plan as "Voodoo Economics", and another Republican primary opponent said his plan could only be accomplished by "mirrors." Reagan's theory was that if taxes were cut --> people would produce more good --> spend more money --> creating more jobs --> higher government revenues "Trickle-down economics", in other words. Reagan's bill passed in '81. Shortly thereafter, the economy was soon in the midst of the full-blown recession. Gee, great economy, Mr. Actor. Unemployment went high, inflation rose, banktrupcies and business failures skyrocketed ... the Federal Reserve Board (under Carter as well), had kept intrest rates high in an attempt to brake the economy. Eh ... didn't work. The economy did begin to get better when oil prices were lowered, but you can clearly see that the immediate results weren't very good. Of course, the Federal Deficit went through the clouds. "For years, conservatives had complained that liberal social programs had tried to solve problems by 'throwing money at them.' Now, under President Reagan, the conservatives were going to try to solve the 'weakness' of America's defenses by doing the same thing." - Kenneth C. Davis, author & historian You also completely glossed over Iran-Contra, and the fact that Reagan was critized after his term (by members of his own administration!) as a man who was a "detached, disinterested Executive who asked no questions, ignored details, and allowed subordinates to run amok." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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