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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">LaserWolf</strong> said:</div><div>Ronald Reagan was admired for his loyalty to his appointees. <br /> <br /> When scandal broke Reagan stood up for the people he appointed and nothing short of indictment would force him to fire someone.</div></blockquote> <br /> Is that a good thing or a bad thing?<br /> <br /> "In all, 32 Reagan administration officials were convicted of crimes in various political scandals under the president???s watch, including Iran-contra, arguably the most serious White House scandal since Watergate that nearly led to Reagan???s impeachment. (Two of the convictions were overturned on appeal and another was pardoned by H.W. Bush)<br /> <br /> As Doonesbury???s Garry Trudeau noted two years ago:<br /> <br /> * Number of Reagan administration era convictions in the Iran-contra scandal: 14 (two overturned on appeal).<br /> <br /> * Number of Reagan officials convicted for illegal lobbying: 2 (Michael Deaver; Lyn Nofziger, overturned on appeal).<br /> <br /> * Number of Reagan officials convicted in Housing and Urban Development scandal: 16.<br /> <br /> * Total number Reagan era convictions: 32<br /> <br /> No president before or since oversaw a White House with so many criminal convictions. In fact, by way of comparison, there have been large organized crime families that have had far fewer convictions that the Reagan administration.<br /> <br /> What???s worse, these convictions don???t even begin to include the dozens of other Reagan administration officials who narrowly avoided prosecution, but nevertheless left their positions in disgrace.<br /> <br /> Over 30 additional Reagan appointees resigned or were fired following charges of legal or ethical misconduct, including Secretary of Interior James Watt, Secretary of Interior Raymond Donovan, CIA Director William Casey and EPA Administrator Anne Burford. Many dozens more were investigated."
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