Summary: Who Was Reagan Overrated?
Reagan Was Overrated
Hist/145
October 26, 2014
Mr.BurnetteReagan Was Overrated
In my opinion, Reagan was overrated. I didn’t despise him but I certainly felt like he was a clown. That doesn’t sound very respectful but I respect the office of the president but it was very hard to respect him. I thought he was an actor who accidentally fell into the job of president. He was an actor so he was convincing. I don’t feel that he had enough experience to govern this country and that a lot of things fell into place and worked, not because of his great governing ability but because it was an accident. I know that Reagan did a lot of good, just like many presidents do a lot of good, but he did a lot that I feel was unacceptable.
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Reagan was of course high on my list of possible candidates; and you might say that for a European I made a fairly strong case for him—but to no avail. Amongst a group of 500 very bright first-year students, there seemed to be only one correct answer, and that was not Ronald Reagan but, rather, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. By a considerable margin it was the Russian rather than the American who won the overwhelming majority of votes (over 70 percent of the total). (History Now, 2012). I agree because by the time that the Berlin Wall fell, the Russian economy was not in good shape. Many people inside Russia felt that Communism had failed. Gorbachev was a leader that was not afraid to take a …show more content…
Members of the National Security Council enlisted the Iranians, who had been our mortal enemies, to use their influence with Lebanon for the release of seven American hostages. Israel was to send weapons to Iran and in turn, the United States would replace the weapons that Israel had sent to the Iranians. The United States would receive the money for these weapons. The anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua would receive some of the money to help their cause. They were also called Contras and there was an embargo against selling or giving arms to Nicaragua and Congress had voted not to fund the Contras any more. (West 's Encyclopedia of Americanlaw,
Hist/145
October 26, 2014
Mr.BurnetteReagan Was Overrated
In my opinion, Reagan was overrated. I didn’t despise him but I certainly felt like he was a clown. That doesn’t sound very respectful but I respect the office of the president but it was very hard to respect him. I thought he was an actor who accidentally fell into the job of president. He was an actor so he was convincing. I don’t feel that he had enough experience to govern this country and that a lot of things fell into place and worked, not because of his great governing ability but because it was an accident. I know that Reagan did a lot of good, just like many presidents do a lot of good, but he did a lot that I feel was unacceptable.
The New …show more content…
Reagan was of course high on my list of possible candidates; and you might say that for a European I made a fairly strong case for him—but to no avail. Amongst a group of 500 very bright first-year students, there seemed to be only one correct answer, and that was not Ronald Reagan but, rather, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. By a considerable margin it was the Russian rather than the American who won the overwhelming majority of votes (over 70 percent of the total). (History Now, 2012). I agree because by the time that the Berlin Wall fell, the Russian economy was not in good shape. Many people inside Russia felt that Communism had failed. Gorbachev was a leader that was not afraid to take a …show more content…
Members of the National Security Council enlisted the Iranians, who had been our mortal enemies, to use their influence with Lebanon for the release of seven American hostages. Israel was to send weapons to Iran and in turn, the United States would replace the weapons that Israel had sent to the Iranians. The United States would receive the money for these weapons. The anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua would receive some of the money to help their cause. They were also called Contras and there was an embargo against selling or giving arms to Nicaragua and Congress had voted not to fund the Contras any more. (West 's Encyclopedia of Americanlaw,