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Speakeasy · #1 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Poll Finds Support Is Fading For Reagan Economic Policy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 29, 1982

Most Americans are turning against President Reagan because of concerns about the economy and hope he does not seek a second term, according to a poll commissioned by Time magazine.

The researchers found that support for Mr. Reagan's foreign policy was waning and that doubts were rising about the potential success of the his campaign pledge to cut taxes, increase the military budget and balance the Federal budget at the same time, the magazine reported in its issue dated April 5.

Asked to assess their confidence in Mr. Reagan's handling of economic problems, 28 percent of those polled said that they had ''no real confidence.'' That figure was up from 22 percent three months ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/29/us...ic-policy.html

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Reagan Economic Aide Sees Jobless Rate Exceeding 10%

Published: May 11, 1982

The national unemployment rate is likely to continue rising and may exceed 10 percent, William Niskanen, a Presidential economic adviser, said today.

The Labor Department reported Friday that the jobless rate was 9.4 percent in April, the highest in 40 years. Mr. Niskanen, interviewed on the CBS News ''Morning'' program, said the recent surge in joblessness may not reflect the actual health of the economy, since unemployment ''peaks several months after the bottom of the recession.''

Reagan Economic Aide Sees Jobless Rate Exceeding 10% - New York Times

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March On Washington
Thousands Protest Reagan Economic, Social Policies On Solidarity Day

WASHINGTON - Employing the tactics and march paths of protesters of yesteryear, organized labor and its allies are using sheer numbers to express their dissatisfaction with President Reagan's economic and social policies.

Tens of thousands of union members, civil rights activists, women and environmentalists converged on the nation's capital for the Solidarity Day protest, a march that seemed likely to attract 200,000 people and rival any demonstration seen here in recent years.

...Reagan decided to spend the weekend away from the White House, traveling late Friday from a speaking engagement in Denver to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. The president has made no public statements about the protest march, the first major show of resistance to Reagan's program in the eight months since his inauguration.

The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search

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Reagan Lashes Out At Media 'Inaccuracies'

WASHINGTON - President Reagan Friday rejected criticism that his administration was in disarray and contended that faulty news stories, not his leadership, was the problem

"I came in to point out to you accurately where the disarray lies," the president said during a brief news conference in the White House press room. "It's those stories that seem to be going around, because they are not based on fact."

Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search

America is waking up to this inexperienced Carter Part II. Can't wait until we vote this guy out of office in '84. Hopefully it won't be too late for the country.

iamwhatiseem · #2 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Haha...different day...same problem.

Jefe · #3 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

I think it's already too late for this country. If Reagan wins a second term, I'm moving to Canada.

Speakeasy · #4 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem

Haha...different day...same problem.

These were only a handful of the articles I checked out, too. Unfortunately, a lot of the articles are pay-per-view, so I wasn't able to get but a small blurb of them. But they go over about how Reagan is another Jimmy Carter, how Reagan completely lacks any sort of experience and makes up for it only through personality, how Reagan completely and utterly lacks and foreign policy abilities, etc.

Fast forward to 1985 and it's pretty difficult to find any news article that has any real criticism of him.

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Originally Posted by Jefe

I think it's already too late for this country. If Reagan wins a second term, I'm moving to Canada.

Don't worry, at this rate I'm pretty sure Mondale is going to win in a landslide.

drgoodtrips · #5 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

America is waking up...

Speakeasy · #6 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips

America is waking up...

Tell me about it! I mean, the guy is in office for slightly over a year and already:

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The magazine said 52 percent of the 1,019 persons questioned by telephone between March 16 and 18 said they hoped Mr. Reagan would not seek a second term, with 37 percent taking the opposite view.

Poll Finds Support Is Fading For Reagan Economic Policy - New York Times

The guy was a lame duck the moment he stepped in the oval office!

1984 - The End Of An Error.

Miranda · #7 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

So is it ok to call him the Messiah since he's actually as old as Jesus?

ThorHammer · #8 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

A pretty good find there Speakeasy. Still, the comparison is a bit dishonest IMO.

Tanngrisnir3 · #9 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Miranda

So is it ok to call him the Messiah since he's actually as old as Jesus?

Friends called him 'carrot' or 'rutabaga'.

Jefe · #10 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ThorHammer

A pretty good find there Speakeasy. Still, the comparison is a bit dishonest IMO.

Why dishonest? This is one of those "the more things change, the more they stay the same" kind of things, nothing more.

Speakeasy · #11 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Miranda

So is it ok to call him the Messiah since he's actually as old as Jesus?

LOL...

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The next day the melodrama was over. Even the Republican conservatives, who had bitterly opposed Mr.Bush as a dangerous moderate (a term which tells much of what contemporary Republicanism is all about) and who were angry at being excluded from a say in the selection, closed ranks around Mr. Reagan, the new messiah, and endorsed his choice.

The Age - Google News Archive Search

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And the one he gave in Jacksonville the other day - on his first southern tour since his nomination - was so good, so rousing, so damaging to President Carter and the Democrats, that moments after he delivered it before a group of some 1,000 conservative business types in the downtown Holiday Inn, Reagan walked down the street, shed his coat, and launched into an only slightly edited version for the 3,000 or so who had gathered in nearby Hemming Park to dine on $1 chicken dinners and catch a glimpse of the new Republican messiah.

Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search

Speakeasy · #12 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ThorHammer

A pretty good find there Speakeasy. Still, the comparison is a bit dishonest IMO.

How is it dishonest? Sure, there are plenty of differences, but the parallels are pretty funny.

Jefe · #13 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Reagan smoked cigarettes, Obama smokes cigarettes. Reagan later quit cigarettes and switched to jellybeans... your move, Obama.

Speakeasy · #14 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

You know how everyone gets pissed that Obama blames everything on Bush?

Reagan Blames Carter For Inflation
Reagan Blames Carter For Iran-Iraq Fighting
Reagan Blames Carter Policies For Nations Industrial Decline
Reagan Blames Carter's Policies For Beirut Attacks
Reagan Blames Carter 'Failure' For Soviet Move
Reagan Blames Carter For High Unemployment
Reagan Still Blaming Carter For Economy

Some of these coming out four years into his presidency, lol.

TheLastBoyScout · #15 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Speakeasy

You know how everyone gets pissed that Obama blames everything on Bush?

Reagan Blames Carter For Inflation
Reagan Blames Carter For Iran-Iraq Fighting
Reagan Blames Carter Policies For Nations Industrial Decline
Reagan Blames Carter's Policies For Beirut Attacks
Reagan Blames Carter 'Failure' For Soviet Move
Reagan Blames Carter For High Unemployment
Reagan Still Blaming Carter For Economy

Some of these coming out four years into his presidency, lol.

Politicians will be politicians. Shift the blame....take the credit.

We could probably find similar historic and present-day parallels in any government. My guess is that Claudius was blaming Caligula up until the day he left office.......and we're surprised to see Barack Obama do it?

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