[geeks] RIP, Ronald Reagan

[Eric Dittman]

> > > I was born in '76 and the first president I knew or cared about was 
> > > Jimmy Carter.  Especially the farther I got into the 8 long 
> > > excruciating years that were RR's presidency.
> > 
> > Jimmy Carter was a terrible president.  
> 
> Maybe, but he wasn't quite as bad as the previous *elected* president.
> My first recollection of Presidents/PMs was of Ford (and Nixon) because
> of the amount of coverage of Watergate on the news ... I was living in
> the US at the time. Kind of weird to recall a foreign leader before one
> of my own country.

Viewed after the fact, Nixon wasn't that bad.  He did open up China, which
was a good thing.  I'd say Nixon was definitely a better President than
Carter.

I still blame Carter for crippling the B-1, too.

> > The eight years of RR's Presidency were eight great years.
> 
> Opinions probably differ on that. Mind you, I don't think he was as bad
> as the UK equivalent who I believe was much more divisive.

I've talked to people from the former East Germany and Soviet states that
really like Reagan.  He did end the Cold War.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net