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colleenmcdonnell
Reviews
American Experience: Reagan: Part I (1998)
Best president of the 20th century?
First, I want to say that I liked the documentary, especially the summary of RRs early life and his rise to the top of the political heap. However, I wanted to address the comment about him being the greatest president of the 20th century - I think you forgot a few; both Roosevelts, Wilson and Truman are some I can name who are held in higher regard than Reagan. He went from being a right wing liberal to a conservative Republican, please explain that one. During both terms, he ran up our national debt and never submitted a balanced budget, not to mention the needless wars like the Falkland Islands and Granada. Oh, and let us not forget Iran Contra, cutting funding for school lunches and a few other things that helped his rich buddies get richer. He may have been popular but he did some stupid things and was senile by the time he left office. You also erroneously said that public TV is taxpayer funded, it is not. They depend on viewer and private contributions and yearly pledge drives.