Obama Vs. Reagan: Who's More Conservative?

Host of The Young Turks Cenk Uygur (filling in for Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC) compares Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan on conservative policies. Cenk is joined by former Reagan political director Frank Donatelli and former Washington Post reporter and MSNBC contributor David Weigel.

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[blevr1234]

Hannity exaggerated Reagan's record on jobs, federal revenue

Mediamatters [dot] org/research/200801280001

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Ironically all the false claims HIS SYCHOPHANTS make

– WERE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT by Bill Clinton !!!!! not Saint Reagan !

[usam1981]

@thedocumentarian When I look at democrats, I see far more racism than anywhere else in america, both against blacks and whites. Also, RINOs are hardly real republicans, and we were talking about concervatives, Libertarians are included in that mix, and some old time Democrats. It was the Liberals who have put down people through the ages, by putting them into classes, and keeping them there. Get used to it. The Liberals are loosing because of the Race Card

[NewmanEspanolBI]

i usually like TYT, but cenk really needed to let the conservative speak, he sounded like bill o'riely simply talking louder than things he doesn't like. Also Regan didn't end the cold war, The soviets global empire, excessive spending, huge deficit, and multiple foreign interventionist wars bankrupted them and destroyed their nation...sound familiar? also can we please stop this devisive liberal vs. conservative banter and see our real enemy? CORRUPTION

[MrGilles1990]

It's ironic that people mistake classical liberalism for conservatism.

[BREGGREN]

I Love This, Young Turks, Cenk Uygur -- Why Do The Self-Righteous, SMUG, Conservatives Feel That Holding Conservatives Accountable is a CRIMINAL ACT! GIVE It To 'Em Now Because There's So Much More Truth To Be TOAD!(sp) Snicker Snick Snick, Snickt!

[PcWrestler2012]

omg, this guys such an idiot.... no one in their right mind thinks Regan's less concervative than Obama... come on now....

[baasseballl]

How could Siena come out with a ranking when, at the time, Obama was only in office for a little more than a year?

[LibertyInProgressNOW]

@dharrisebay No, you missed the point of the video and the segment by a mile. The point that was made in the segment by Cenk Uygur is that Obama needs to be MORE to the left because he's not progressive enough for a big portion of the country, hence his low approval ratings. He has lost a lot of support among many of the voters who helped vote him into office... and that includes progressives, minorities and younger voters, all who helped his election. Watch the video again.

[DemonicaChica]

@dharrisebay Did you actually listen to the facts in this video? Obama has supported conservative issues. That's just a fact. Don't you know what issues conservatives support?

Besides, Obama supporting conservative issues doesn't exactly make him look better in the eyes of liberals.

On which planet are you on?

[LangeTheThird]

Cenk is awesome.

[baynard71]

Obama is not conservative. He is liberal, the exact opposite of conservative. For msnbc to even discuss this topic is absurd. Now Reagan is a conservative. msnbc is basically questioning the difference between night and day. If anybody here watches msnbc, i highly consider you find another channel to watch.

[dharrisebay]

This is not a video comparing to presidents this is all about how the Left can distort to try and make the Obama better than he is. Sadly very transparent.