Yep. Reagan believed the second advent was to come in his time and he was ready to blow the godless Soviets to kingdom come. Stillson from The Dead Zone was inspired off him (Played by Martin Sheen, so a younger, bizarro-world Jed Bartlet)

Only, the USSR wouldn't first strike. And Reagan wasn't willing to kickoff the ball game, even when his peacekeeper missile was ready.

Life went on and George H. W. Bush went on to condemn atheists as unamerican, himself a true believer. So the nut doesn't fall too far from the tree.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's hard to really illustrate to younger generations exactly how profoundly stupid George W. Bush is.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No he wasn't, he was evil and deluded.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Evil, deluded, and profoundly stupid are not mutually exclusive.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He isn't stupid. His public personality was all an act. Go watch a video of him before he became a politician. He's smart, mean, and talks with North East accent.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've met him many times while he was Governor. Super nice guy but definitely a bit dim. Let's agree to disagree.

PS: I liked him a lot more than Rick Perry though. That guy is a massive douche.

[–] SeramisV@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He gog on magog until I tribulate

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 7 months ago

[𝑬𝑿𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑳𝒀 𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑫 𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑩𝑼𝒁𝒁𝑬𝑹]

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit, he did

Time to become even atheister

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Atheisteer?
The atheisterest?

[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

All hail the great Atheismo!!

[–] z500@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

Athy, athier, athiest

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely terrifying that such a man was in charge of post-911 USA

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And it's even more horrifying that a significant chunk of the US population apparently actually believes shit like this.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And it's even more horrifying that the guy they have now makes Dubya look downright reasonable.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who's Dubya?

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

It’s a nickname for George W. Bush. The pronunciation of ‘W’ like ‘dubya’ is common in the Texan accent.