Dumpington
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YDB95 writes: "What we do know for sure is that Reagan's approval ratings were in the 48-53% range in 1988. Not terrible, but certainly not anything like you're implying."
What we DO know is that Reagan was re-elected in 1984 with the MOST electoral votes EVER won by a presidential candidate - AND that he became the first president since Andrew Jackson to be popular enough to see his incumbent vice president win the White House immediately after him! No small accomplishments, either one of those!
"Did they "trash him unmercifully", or did they tell the truth about his record and his platform?"
In 2008, the media did what it had to do to defeat John McCain and help get Barack Obama elected president - and YES, if this included trashing their favorite Republican then that's what they did, along with completely IGNORING Barack's many shortcomings. And after Obama moved into the White House, they dedicated themselves to shielding & protecting him from negative news as best they could - and they did a crappy job of it, as Barack's popularity began to steadily whither away almost immediately, with his party losing BOTH houses of congress before culminating with his winning an astounding three-&-a-half million FEWER votes when he ran for re-election!
"Okay, now I'm officially persuaded that you know nothing whatsoever about his record. And I'm not surprised"
And YOU are seemingly unaware that Donald Trump understands how a business works, knows how to meet a payroll, and how to create jobs!
"Let's at least get one thing straight here, Dumpington: your view on who the best or worst Democratic candidates might be has no credibility whatsoever."
I'm simply pointing out some unpleasant facts about your party's presidential candidates that you are understandably hesitant to acknowledge.
"While I don't support him, he did run up a great track record as Obama's VP and he does have a knack for appealing to some of the groups where the Dems need to shore up their support if they're going to beat Trump."
Joe Biden's got name recognition, which will initially help him in some of the early primaries where Democrat voters want nothing to do with several of these other candidates running. But his "track record" as a declared Democratic Party presidential candidate (see: 1988 & 2008) is an exceptionally POOR one!
What we DO know is that Reagan was re-elected in 1984 with the MOST electoral votes EVER won by a presidential candidate - AND that he became the first president since Andrew Jackson to be popular enough to see his incumbent vice president win the White House immediately after him! No small accomplishments, either one of those!
"Did they "trash him unmercifully", or did they tell the truth about his record and his platform?"
In 2008, the media did what it had to do to defeat John McCain and help get Barack Obama elected president - and YES, if this included trashing their favorite Republican then that's what they did, along with completely IGNORING Barack's many shortcomings. And after Obama moved into the White House, they dedicated themselves to shielding & protecting him from negative news as best they could - and they did a crappy job of it, as Barack's popularity began to steadily whither away almost immediately, with his party losing BOTH houses of congress before culminating with his winning an astounding three-&-a-half million FEWER votes when he ran for re-election!
"Okay, now I'm officially persuaded that you know nothing whatsoever about his record. And I'm not surprised"
And YOU are seemingly unaware that Donald Trump understands how a business works, knows how to meet a payroll, and how to create jobs!
"Let's at least get one thing straight here, Dumpington: your view on who the best or worst Democratic candidates might be has no credibility whatsoever."
I'm simply pointing out some unpleasant facts about your party's presidential candidates that you are understandably hesitant to acknowledge.
"While I don't support him, he did run up a great track record as Obama's VP and he does have a knack for appealing to some of the groups where the Dems need to shore up their support if they're going to beat Trump."
Joe Biden's got name recognition, which will initially help him in some of the early primaries where Democrat voters want nothing to do with several of these other candidates running. But his "track record" as a declared Democratic Party presidential candidate (see: 1988 & 2008) is an exceptionally POOR one!