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Willis050 t1_ivewrhi wrote

On a side note we did vote in Reagan not too long after. But that was mainly a reaction to how bad the simple peanut farmer was at running the country

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chomerics t1_ivfenti wrote

Huh? A simple peanut farmer? He was a nuclear physicist who had the foresight to install solar panels on the White House (Reagan took them down). His fall had to do with oil prices and the Iran hostages.

His presidency was the product of a turbulent 70s based on the oil embargo, and would have won if not for Iran. There are conspiracy theories abound by the hostage crisis, the coordination by Reagan to get their release after he was elected, the helicopter mission that was sabotaged (Ollie North was on the team and in theater)

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/09/world/gung-ho-oliver-north-reagan-s-man-of-action.html

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BatmanOnMars t1_ivfsz1k wrote

He also opposed a few water projects out west because they were bad for the environment and long term the place would still undergo drought, and that really pissed off everyone west of the Mississippi. In 2022 it seems like he had the right idea, I was at the Hoover dam a few months ago and oh boy...

Reading Cadillac Desert which touches on that as a major issue of his presidency.

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Willis050 t1_ivfwcpi wrote

It’s just a joke based on his campaigning as such. He was a smart dude in many ways but had a 0% chance of being elected again

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Willis050 t1_ivfwjqp wrote

You do know he campaigned as a simple peanut farmer. It’s a joke lol but yeah no one could have succeeded in office with what he was facing. Reminds me of the current situation of horrid circumstances for a president to walk into in 2020

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