Who was the better president: Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln?
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Regan.  Ended the Cold War, Revitalized us conservatives.
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President Lincoln\n\nFido
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Although I am bothered by rhetorical questions, let's consider.  Hmm...\n\nThey are both Republicans who led their nation through a war.  Unfortunately, Lincoln's war had a purpose, which was fulfilled.  Then all the surviving troops went home.
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I would pick Ronald Reagan. He was a great guy.
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What did the country look like before he became President?  High unemployment, high interest rates, high unemployment and failed foreign policy.  Reagan was a man of action and took those issues head on, to positive result.
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Economics during the Ronald Reagan administration.
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Jimmy Carter. Reagan took office in '81.
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Anyone who answers Reagan is a dumbass.\n\nLincoln is the best president ever because he brought us through the toughest time in American history, the Civil War.\n\nClinton was a good president, but certainly not among the best.
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Completely opposite.\n\nAbraham Lincoln wanted a large and powerful national government.  Jeff Davis wanted a weak central government.
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Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States, and the first from the Republican Party, on March 4th, 1861. He was assasinated shortly after being re-elected to a second term and died on April 15, 1865 from a gunshot wound to the head inflicted by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C
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Lincoln,\n\nhe was from an age of true MEN w/ both ethics and morals being in office.\n\nHe was better educated, both socially, as well as academically...and he had WORK ETHIC!! He failed a LOT before being finally voted into office.\n\nClinton, I have no problems with. While ethically he could have been better (marriage/affair problems and such)....he was a great president both economically and in terms of foreign relations.\n\nBush, has caused nothing but dissention and discord since his inauguration.....
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A tie between Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan. They are on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum but they both had the ability or charisma to make people like them personally even when they disagreed with them on policies. I'd sure like to have had a backyard barbecue with those two, Uncle Ronnie and Good Ol' Bill.
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Reagan by far.  Why?  He changed the global landscape during his term and brought us way back from the brink of "the Cold War", a very dangerous time in our history.\n\nYes, other presidents endured WWWI & WWII, Vietnam, and the Korean Wars, but the Cold War could have ended in oblivion for most of the human race.\n\nA great man and will always be remembered for what he did.\n\nBiggest disappointment?  Clinton, hands down.  He was the ONLY president to be impeached (aside from Nixon) and heaped shame upon the dignified office of the pres.  He could have ended his terms as one of the greats, and at the end, showed his true colors and gave all that away for a one night stand....a country bumpkin from Arkansas with a drunk for a brother and a dynsfunctional family.  Shame.
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Ronald Reagan.  Unlike Clinton, he did not have 5 embassies blown up under his watch, murder American citizens in WACO and Ruby Ridge, did not have a destroyer nearly destroyed, did not have the trade center have a bomb detonaed, did not have the largest terrorist attack before 9/11 (oklahoma city), or sell nuclear missle technology to China.  Both had their scandales, with Reagan's having to do directly with the seperation of powers OF CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE, VIA IRAN-CONTRA, whereas the scandal of Clinton invloved perjury in a court of law.  Though I do believe that Clinton, who was impeached, should have been convicted for perjury, I also believe that if he had demanded executive privalege, he should have been immune from testifying in that criminal proceeding.  \n\nReagan accomplished more internationally and nationally than Clinton.  Comparing the two, Reagan inheritated a worse economy than Clinton, and created a more profitable economy than Clinton.  Reagan also had to contend with a rival superpower in the Soviets, whereas Clinton did not.  Reagan dealt with the Imans successfully, as well as Libya and other tyrants.  Clinton's great success was Milosevich.  Comparring the defeat of Milo versus the USSr, Reagan accomplished more.\n\nThe economy of Reagan gave birth to the tertiary economy of the 90's, allowing the USA to leave behind the trappings of a primary and secondary economy.  Reagan grew the private sector, Clinton contained it.  In terms of inspiration, Reagan was greater.\n\nIn regard to popularity, Reagan stomped his opposition in both the electoral and popular votes.  Clinton never won more than 50% of the popular vote in either of his presidentail elections.  The presence of a 3rd party conservative candidate insured a split conservative vote, allowing an easy electoral win for Clinton.\n\nWhen Reagan left office, his party was stronger in the quantities of offices held in state and federal governments.  Reagan appointed morejustices, and thus exerted a greater influence on the judicial future of the nation.  When Clinton left office, Republicans held more governorships, state legislatures, as well as the senate and the house of representative.  In terms of delivering power to their party, Clinton was a total failure and Reagan a semi-success.\n\nAs those two weigh against each other, Reagan wins.  The other presidents, Bush I and Bush II, Ford, Nixon, and Carter, all rank behind these two.\n\nReagan\nClinton\nBush I\nBush II\nFord\nNixon\nCarter\n\nSpell check failed me, so please excuse the spelling errors.
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President Ronald Reagan was a liberal as an actor and was head of the SAG, screen actors guild. Conservatives are always against Unions.  When Reagan met his wife Nancy her father was a conservative involved in the Republican party and Ronald Reagan joined the republican party. He went from democratic to republican.
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At the end of his presidency in 1988, Ronald Reagan (born February 6, 1911) was the oldest man ever to hold the office of the President of the United States. He was the oldest man elected, at the age of 69 when he was elected to his first term, and ended his presidency a few months before his 78th birthday
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Politically they both scored great landslides in their bids for the Presidency.  I think that Reagan would have took Nixon in a knock down drag out fight as well as would have beat him politically as well.  Reagan as an actor played his greatest role as a politician.