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Alright, here we're talking about ronald reagan.
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So a democratic congresswoman pat schroeder described his presidency as teflon coated because the scandal surrounding his presidency seemed to have no effect on his individual popularity.
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So we're going to see if this is a valid assessment or not.
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So just to clarify teflon is a type of plastic sprayed onto various items to make them waterproof, non corrosive, non reactive.
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So she's saying he's essentially untouchable and unharmed, despite the scandals.
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His biggest scandal was that he conceded that the us had sold weapons to the islamic public of iran as part of a largely unsuccessful effort to secure the release of six us citizens being held hostage in lebanon.
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So reagan, iran, despite this, he had relatively high ratings despite these scandals surrounding him.
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Approvals usually around 30 to 40%...