Regan branded the 80's with an image of faux posturing strength and he used Carter as his foil and at the time it worked. But here is the truth...Carter was the real deal, who walked the walk and did extraordinary things. www.politico.com/news/magazin... - ThreadSky

girlsreallyrule.bsky.social • 68 days ago

Regan branded the 80's with an image of faux posturing strength and he used Carter as his foil and at the time it worked. But here is the truth...Carter was the real deal, who walked the walk and did extraordinary things. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/09/south-jimmy-carter-civil-war-00197120

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sirala6.bsky.social•68 days ago

Reagan gave the people the illusion we could wipe out everything bad from the 60s/70s and go back to Eisenhower's USA. They voted to negate liberalism, but what they saw as weakness was the failure of the hostage rescue and Reagan spoke of "limited nuclear wars" - belligerent American paranoia.

donisapedo.bsky.social•68 days ago

*Reagan, but yes.

rtfos.bsky.social•68 days ago

Reagan was an actor, a persona like Trump. Their voters apparently want to be entertained.

joyfulsearcher.bsky.social•68 days ago

🇺🇸😘🙏

loves2write.bsky.social•68 days ago

Reagan cut & run after the Beirut bombing of the Marines barracks.

deniselouis.bsky.social•68 days ago

I felt @npr really did Carter injustice today amplifying tired and trite narrative that portrayed him as a failure. Disheartening and so different from how they speak of presidents on their passing. It's not like Carter was a war criminal. And wrt the hostages, no mention of his hard tireless work.

jeanlake.bsky.social•68 days ago

Reagan lied about the shining city in a hill.

ajlzarychta.bsky.social•68 days ago

I'm in the South. It's still separate from the rest of the nation, but it's by this weird if-only-the-south-won self propaganda induction. There's way too much of that now, like people are choosing to bury themselves in mythology. I'm so tired.

annie-carolyn.bsky.social•68 days ago

Reagan also negotiated with the Iranian hostage terrorists prior to his election.

It’s an old Republican trick.

Nixon did similar with the Vietnam peace talks.

annie-carolyn.bsky.social•68 days ago

And Trump negotiated with the Taliban terrorists in
Afghanistan.

johnepalmer.bsky.social•68 days ago

Your credibility would be higher if you spelled “Reagan” correctly. Just sayin’.

golfwriterkiel.bsky.social•68 days ago

And Reagan was hated around the world. I lived in Europe for awhile during his admin. Can’t count how many times I was angrily told to “Go home to Reagan!” when people heard me speaking English.

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