Tell me one thing...

[Supr49er]

He only served one term and went on to make great contributions after office.

I agree, Carter may be the best Ex-President.

[Thoth]

You are Canadian and conservative, tell me one good thing that Trudeau did.

1) Tanks on the streets of Montreal
2) The NEP.

That's two.

[Asher]

:FURY:

[Wezil]

It's not that it was a joke, TMM is just upset that it was about Reagan. Apparently making such jokes about Trudeau is ok.

Trudeau was my first ever dead pool hit.

[Thoth]

:FURY:

?? You object to having tanks on the streets of Montreal?

[-Jrabbit]

(can I be a moderate right winger if I'm for universal health care, reducing the size of the military, wanting to balance the budget by increasing taxes on the wealthier Americans rather than cutting services for poorer Americans, and banning the death penalty?)

No, you can't. You support socialism, redistribution of wealth, a weak militia and pander to criminals. By today's US standards, that puts you pretty far to the left.

Your views would send actual 'moderate right wingers' into fits of violent rage.

Stand tall and call yourself what you are -- a liberal Catholic.

[Thoth]

No, you can't. You support socialism, redistribution of wealth, a weak militia and pander to criminals. By today's US standards, that puts you pretty far to the left.

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Today's Yankee standards are somewhat to the right of Attila the Hun.

By any rational standard, Imran is a right wing conservative, not a left winger.

[DanS]

Even though I'm not really a conservative... Carter deregulated the airlines.

[Berzerker]

You are American and a liberal, tell me one good thing that Reagan did.

aside from Beirut, maintained the policy started under Carter of keeping us out of 3rd world civil wars and arming Afghans

You are American and a conservative, tell me one good thing that Carter did.

following Vietnam, kept us out of 3rd world civil wars while drawing Russia into Afghanistan and began arming the Afghans

Russia collapsed a decade later

[Perfection]

"Trust but verify" is a fantastic quip.

[MattBowron]

Didn't Reagan also begin the Satellite Defence Initiative, or something like that also known as "Star Wars" where he had satellites that could take out a nuclear missile before it hit America?

[SpencerH]

This is a good question. As is the question of those who aren't sure which side they fit in anymore (can I be a moderate right winger if I'm for universal health care, reducing the size of the military, wanting to balance the budget by increasing taxes on the wealthier Americans rather than cutting services for poorer Americans, and banning the death penalty?), but I probably could say something good about both Reagan and Carter.

Dont bother, you're a liberal. When did you think you were "right wing"?

[SpencerH]

I cant think of anything good that President Carter did except leave office.

Trudeau was brilliant.

[MikeH]

Thatcher and Blair deserve their own plane of hell together for the rest of eternity.

Blair:

Introduced minimum wage
Introduced 24 hour drinking

Thatcher:

... er... hmm

[KrazyHorse]

I cant think of anything good that President Carter did except leave office.

Trudeau was brilliant.

If you're a right-winger (or really, just have any sense at all) you should give credit to Carter's substantial deregulatory efforts and the appointment of Volcker