Posted on 11/01/2020 3:50:34 AM PST by Kaslin
The two best presidents of my lifetime. We could use more like them.
Jimmy Carter pulled off the impossible — double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, and double digit unemployment all at the same time. Reagan inherited one of the worst economies ever and built it into such as thriving machine that even bill Clinton benefitted from it. And he did so while bringing down the Soviet Empire.
Trump also inherited a horrible economy — also one of the worst ever. They said it would take “a magic wand” to fix it. Well, he must have had one, because we had so many jobs that we didn’t have enough candidates to fill them. He strengthened border security. He’s worked out many peace agreements. He’s withdrawing troops.
I don’t always like President Trump’s tweets. I think sometimes he could be more presidential, but I’m from New York, too, and I understand the way he talks. But he’s been a terrific president, one of the two best in my lifetime, and I wouldn’t compare one to the other, but appreciate both.
I am still hoping some day we will get pictures of The Peninsula Hotel and the carnage from Hillary’s election night meltdown.
I was way down in front, right-side facing the stage just at the entrance to the VIP section. Next to me was the guy with two Dalmatians he claimed were service dogs. He kept trying to give one of the security guys a handwritten manifesto.
The only good thing about him was the dogs spread out on the floor so a bit of breathing room. I’ve need been that close to that many people in that kind of heat, but I got a good look at Trump and that’s what I wanted.
I got within 4 people of having him sign my campaign sign after the rally. If I had just zigged instead of zagged I would have been closer to the start of the line. But I’ve probably been closer to Trump than most other people. I was about the feet away when he stopped autographing and had to leave.
I agree, the comparison is a bit like the "is The Who or Zeppelin better?" debates. Nothing ever gets solved, nobody is ever swayed. But rarely do the debate parties say neither band is worthy of being in the ring at the same time.
It's the same with Trump/Reagan comparisons. The point isn't to declare a winner, but to raise the concept that the stature of Trump is on-par with that of Reagan.
I recall an editorial in NR in 1991 where they went full pro-Bush over something he did that NR had trashed a few months prior. That was when I first saw that the right was capable of being inconsistent and stupid just like the left.
Reagan was a bitchin' cup of hot coffee. Then, for 30 years we've been presented a pale collection of lukewarm beverages. Every President along the way - except for Bush from 9/11/2001 until Iraq - has been a disappointment, and every candidacy - with the possible exception of Dole who was at least honorable - has been as satisfying as lukewarm herbal tea. Trump has been like a 24oz mug of 180-degree espresso.
In the early 1980s I lamented the loss of Zeppelin and The Who...I whined that I never saw Bonzo or Moonie live. While I was whining I saw Live Aid, Zappa, Van Halen, Yes, and others that, today, people say "you saw them in the 80s? Dude, that is epic." It is a similar thing with Trump - we are in the midst of history and we don't want to lose sight of it.
I can't speak for others, but that why that comparison may make it to my posts. Others' mileage may vary.
They said it would take “a magic wand” to fix it. Well, he must have had one, because we had so many jobs that we didn’t have enough candidates to fill them.
He does. WE are the magic wand:
Really.
That magic wand is the collective power of tens of millions of enterprising Americans yearning to do better, desperate to start new businesses, it’s a cook who wants his own food truck, a doctor wanting her own practice, a plumber wanting to run a florist shop, all being held down by taxes that get progressively [‘progressive’ isn’t necessarily a good thing!] worse with every extra dollar earned, massive layer after layer of oppressive and unnecessary regulations, Byzantine permitting processes, and vast overreach by any number of federal agencies.
Trump eliminated many of those impediments and the took the lid off the pressure cooker of people yearning to do better, and let them.
And by golly, they, we did!
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