I didn't say that... I used the word almost...Still doesn't change my point
I’m sorry but I see nothing in your view that merits a ‘point’.
RR was widely viewed in 1980 as a reckless cowboy who would assuredly start WWIII with the Soviets. The media and the left hated RR as much as they hate DT today. The similarities far outweigh the differences.
In 1980, RR had achieved nothing that we now look back on with 2016 hindsight. So your view is colored in the past but you would never have been able to predict RR’s great success, and if you had advocated for RR in 1980, you would would have suffered tremendous ridicule as a result.
So there is no ‘point’ to your view. It cannot exist. It is not real.