Tom Friedman says Reagan had it easy compared to Obama

American Thinker ^ | September 28, 2014 | Thomas Lifson

[2ndDivisionVet]

What a pantload.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Poor people have poor ways.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Lighten up Tommy.

[demshateGod]

Now wait a second. The Bible says “the way of a transgressor is hard.”

[dforest]

it only looked like Reagan had it easy because he was a competent adult who wanted the best for America.

An America hating lying dolt like Obama has it hard because he wants to ruin the country while pretending he really isn’t.

[Pearls Before Swine]

My ex-neighbors in the western Boston suburbs see it that way, as do a couple of in-laws.

It’s amazing how much idiocy a cushy environment—which the US is, relative to many other places—can afford to breed.

[Starstruck]

When you dig a deep hole from day one it becomes harder to climb out. Reagan began by filling the hole in.

[Olog-hai]

When the left sows ignorance, it reaps madness.

[Vince Ferrer]

Reagan was an optimist who loved America and had confidence in the American people. Obama is a pessimist who does not love America and fundamentally distrusts Americans. I think the disparity in results flows from those differences.

[Maceman]

On top of which, Reagan had the MSM against him (remember the “amiable dunce”?), whereas Obama gets serviced orally and digitally by them every day.

[DoughtyOne]

Very good points IMO.

[Eddie01]

Tom Friedman has a man-gina.

[molson209]

Well Reagan had a Brain

[DuncanWaring]

That’s basically my response.

[a fool in paradise]

Friedman also whines that the Islamists are a much nastier opponent than the Soviets:

Reagan’s chief rival, Gorbachev, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for doing something he never wanted to do: peacefully letting go of Eastern Europe. Obama’s foes, like the Islamic State, will never win the Nobel Peace Prize. Reagan could comfortably challenge Gorbachev in Berlin to “tear down this wall” because on the other side of that wall was a bad system — Communism — that was suppressing a civilization in Eastern and Central Europe, and part of Russia, that was naturally and historically inclined toward democratic capitalism. And there were leaders there — like Lech Walesa, another Nobel Peace Prize winner — to lead the transition. We just needed to help remove the bad system and step aside.

Islamic theocracy is a bad system too.

Is this the first time that Tom's ever said that Communism is a bad system???

[pierrem15]

I mean how could the Soviet Union even compare to the frightening reality a few tens of thousands of feckless goat humpers? /s

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

These people never cease to amaze me with their stupidity.

[pierrem15]

Thanks for the laugh at Friedman's expense: that's about the most credit you'll ever hear a pinko give to Reagan, "he helped remove a bad system."

And they fought tooth and nail against everything Reagan did, mocked him mercilessly, and kissed the Soviet Union's butt at every opportunity.

[right way right]

Reagan united our country.
Obama has divided it.

[Qwackertoo]

Obama isn’t even qualified enough to shine Reagan’s shoes.