That was what I was thinking. Indeed, I said something similar up above. Reagan was a great thinker whom many portrayed as a lightweight. I recall some conservative columnists (Ann Coulter I think) pointing out that the media has ALWAYS portrayed Republican Presidents as Dumb, or simple.
They did it to Eisenhower, affable, but not a great thinker, Nixon they portrayed as corrupt, Ford was a bumbling fool, Reagan was a senile old man, HW Bush was out of touch, G W Bush was a simpleton, and so on.
That they constantly do it to Palin tells me whom they fear the most. They do not waste their time on Paul or Huckabee.
They did it to Eisenhower, affable, but not a great thinker, Nixon they portrayed as corrupt, Ford was a bumbling fool, Reagan was a senile old man,
...so true and while he wasn’t a favorite of mine, the idea of Ford being a bumbling fool...he was only an All American athlete and never lost his agility, but one slip on a steel step and the press went to town. Hate the leftist ba$tar&s even more that the demorats...
ymmv