- When he ran for governor of california, his election slogan was "send the welfare bums back to work," - a reference to hippies and hangers on at Berkeley. He also sent out 2200 national guardsmen to suppress student riots there.
Pure RINO, right?
- Reagan greatly reduced government regulation, notably in the airline and trucking industries.
A lib for sure.
- When the PATCO union tried to hold the whole airline industry hostage, he crushed them.
Leftwingism in action.
- He signed an abortion bill, but for the rest of his life said he regretted doing it.
- Reagan unsuccessfully challenged one of the worst RINOs ever, Gerald Ford, for the GOP presidential nomination in 1976. With the full backing of the GOP RINO establishment, Ford won, but was defeated by Jimmy carter.
- Reagan won the presidency in 1980, one of his lesser achievements, since by then the country would have preferred ANYONE to carter.
- Reagan greatly lowered income tax rates in 1981. A 1986 tax bill reduced taxes further.
Smells like RINO.
- Reagan signed a big tax increase, the deficit reduction act of 1987, on the promise from the democrat congress of a $3 reduction in spending for every $1 increase in taxes - of course they lied -the decreases never happened. This shows one of Reagan's faults - too much faith in the honesty of people.
- Reagan cut medicaid, foodstamps, and federal aid to education, and purged fake social security disability claimants.
Hey! RINOism!
- Reagan invaded Grenada to depose a small, but one of worst, gang of marxist thugs ever to seize a country.
Hmmm... sounds like obozo.
- In the wake of the collapse of US foreign policy due to Carter's appeasement policies, Reagan ordered a huge buildup in the military, funding the B1 bomber, the MX missile, and deploying the Pershing II missile in western europe.
Now, that's what you call RINO!
- Reagan launched air strikes against Libya for exporting terrorism.
Ewwwwwwwww - kum by yah ........
- Reagan signed the 1986 amnesty for illegal alien invaders, on the promise by the democrats that that would be a once and for all deal - of course, they lied to him.
- Reagan said no to soviet premier Gorbachev's request that he stop the strategic defense initiative.
But but but - that doesn't sound RINOish!
- When the democrats, all horny over marxist thugs taking over Nicargaua, refused to give aid to the democratic resistance, Reagan (apparently illegally) approved the Iran-Contra deal to get them money. Ultimate result: the end of the marxist regime, and establishment of democracy in Nicaragua.
- Reagan almost single-handedly overturned the soviet union. He did this with the costly technological buildup in the military they couldn't match, and also got the saudis to greatly expand oil production, devastating the soviet union's income from oil exports. These actions led to internal political instability and ultimate collapse of the communist regime. (Leftwingers like to pretend the collapse just.....uh........er.........happened.
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No ifs, ands or buts, Reagan did what no RINO or lib appeaser would ever have attempted. Now all they can do is lie about and misrepresent his record.
