Ronald Reagan was known as the “Teflon President” because
a. before entering politics he had advertised Teflon products on television.
b. the manufacture of Teflon had bankrolled Reagan’s rise in politics.
c. he was so popular, criticisms of his administration did not “stick” to him.
d. he joked to Jimmy Carter in their televised debate that he would “fry you in a Teflon pan
and feed you to them crackers back in Georgia.”
e.
none of these choices.
ANS: C
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