As this ridiculous man was making a fool of himself, and his admirers were oblivious to it, Ronald Reagan was decisively and brilliantly ending the Cold War.
To consider that even today, with this knowledge available to all, millions continue to support and adulate this schlep and others like him, astonishes those of average or better intelligence that the world's in as good condition as it is.
It boggles the mind.
What is wrong with MA voters?
If you take the long view, think back to how people felt during T. Roosevelt's reign of the Trustbusters, then W. Wilson and his League of Nations, and then FDR with his Commie advisors, Social Security and Uncle Joe. Teddy is the least powerful of that lot.