[GOP_1900AD]

I wish he had actually been more of the Rightist, trigger happy type the media tried to make everyone afraid of. I wish he'd actually disbanded a few of the agencies he said he wanted to disband and I wish that he'd gotten his way on more of the military projects he was pushing.

[patriciaruth]

He was working with a Democrat House of Representatives, and all legislation must start in the House. This was in a time before there was any conservative media to speak of, when it was Pravda wall-to-wall.

To get the tax cut, he was forced to allow their earmarks to go through. It was the only way, and he correctly decided that putting the economic basis of the country on the right course would be the lynch pin for the rest of the Reagan Revolution.