Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Remember Reagan's Negatives
RECEIVED Thu., June 10, 2004
To the Editor:
Before the deification of Ronald Reagan is completed by hysterical Republicans and before his face and name are put on every conceivable object, several of the more egregious things for which he was responsible should be delineated. He subverted the Constitution with the Iran-Contra affair. He and his unlamented successor Bush premier quadrupled the national debt in 12 years. He appointed two of the most intellectually dishonest Supreme Court justices ever to sit on the bench: Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist. Hundreds if not thousands of people died prematurely by his refusal to recognize the HIV menace, when that recognition could have led to palliating drugs being available years before they actually were.
Perhaps worst of all, he put his imprimatur on the destruction of moderate Republicanism that gave rise to positions of power and influence being taken by a congeries of sinister creatures like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Grover Norquist, John Ashcroft, Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, and Rick Santorum. Not to mention the usurper currently squatting in the White House.
Some legacy.
Before the deification of Ronald Reagan is completed by hysterical Republicans and before his face and name are put on every conceivable object, several of the more egregious things for which he was responsible should be delineated. He subverted the Constitution with the Iran-Contra affair. He and his unlamented successor Bush premier quadrupled the national debt in 12 years. He appointed two of the most intellectually dishonest Supreme Court justices ever to sit on the bench: Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist. Hundreds if not thousands of people died prematurely by his refusal to recognize the HIV menace, when that recognition could have led to palliating drugs being available years before they actually were.
Perhaps worst of all, he put his imprimatur on the destruction of moderate Republicanism that gave rise to positions of power and influence being taken by a congeries of sinister creatures like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Grover Norquist, John Ashcroft, Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, and Rick Santorum. Not to mention the usurper currently squatting in the White House.
Some legacy.
John David Hengst
