Anonymous
10/09/2023 15:55
Subject: Re:Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Trump wasn’t right-wing. He wasn’t left wing. The only politics he cares about are those that are to his personal advantage. He supported Democrats for years until he saw an opportunity for personal gain by running as a Republican.
For that matter the Republican party is no longer right-wing, it’s Trump-wing. Look at the party platform (or lack thereof) from the 2020 election.
For that matter the Republican party is no longer right-wing, it’s Trump-wing. Look at the party platform (or lack thereof) from the 2020 election.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 15:26
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reagan and Trump. I guess in terms of modern impact, Bush is up there, too.
Trump was giving out pandemic checks
He’s not right wing at all
Trump is a populist through and through.
We know the rule. Republican populist is bad, Democratic populist is good.
Coolidge was probably the most conservative of 20th century presidents. In a traditional, conservative, pragmatic and frugal style. But the US was also a very different place in the 20s, Roosevelt, for example, could not have happened in the 20s. It took the shock of the depression to get Americans to reevaluate the role of government in society. Remember that Reagan was originally a New Deal supported, his premise was that the Democrats had gone too far in entitlements by the 1970s.
Reagan became a Republican in 1962. Most of the Democrats who became Republicans during that period did so because of civil rights legislation.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 12:20
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Woodrow Wilson. Surprised someone else thought so too.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 10:50
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reagan and Trump. I guess in terms of modern impact, Bush is up there, too.
Trump was giving out pandemic checks
He’s not right wing at all
Trump is a populist through and through.
We know the rule. Republican populist is bad, Democratic populist is good.
Coolidge was probably the most conservative of 20th century presidents. In a traditional, conservative, pragmatic and frugal style. But the US was also a very different place in the 20s, Roosevelt, for example, could not have happened in the 20s. It took the shock of the depression to get Americans to reevaluate the role of government in society. Remember that Reagan was originally a New Deal supported, his premise was that the Democrats had gone too far in entitlements by the 1970s.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 09:01
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reagan and Trump. I guess in terms of modern impact, Bush is up there, too.
Trump was giving out pandemic checks
He’s not right wing at all
Trump is a populist through and through.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 08:52
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
I feel like there’s a wide swath of 19th century presidents who weee pretty awful and are mostly forgotten.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 08:51
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Cal And his SOS opposed the 1924 act but wasn’t willing to veto it in an election year given that it had brought support among the population (including many immigrants who were worried about labor competition).
I also think of Hoover as more the laissez faire guy. The court then was so opposed to the regulatory state that the executive was pretty limited in what it could do.
I also think of Hoover as more the laissez faire guy. The court then was so opposed to the regulatory state that the executive was pretty limited in what it could do.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 08:08
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Clinton with his workfare policies and push to incarcerate offenders.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 03:03
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Anonymous wrote:Reagan and Trump. I guess in terms of modern impact, Bush is up there, too.
Trump was giving out pandemic checks
He’s not right wing at all
Anonymous
10/09/2023 01:39
Subject: Re:Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
The most right-wing President in US history was Dick Cheney.
Anonymous
10/08/2023 08:45
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Reagan and Trump. I guess in terms of modern impact, Bush is up there, too.
Anonymous
10/07/2023 01:32
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Lol at trump being RW
Anonymous
10/07/2023 01:05
Subject: Re:Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
Woodrow Wilson
Anonymous
10/06/2023 22:55
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
James Buchanan
Anonymous
10/06/2023 22:11
Subject: Who was the most right-wing president in US history?
I'll say it's Calvin Coolidge. His economic philosophy was laissez-faire ("the business of America is business") and he was also nativist on immigration (1924 immigration laws), going much further than Trump actually did.
In the post-WWII era, not sure if Reagan or Trump was more right-wing, depends how much you emphasize culture and how much you emphasize economics.
In the post-WWII era, not sure if Reagan or Trump was more right-wing, depends how much you emphasize culture and how much you emphasize economics.