First off he didn't nominate Goldwater, he endorsed him. But Reagan was not an extremest, he passed tax reform and later raised taxes, he granted amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, the federal budget doubled while he was in office and spending almost tripled. For every dollar that came into the federal treasury while he was in office, Congress spent $1.75.
I love Ronald Reagan as if he was my father, he alone restored my faith in this country and I will never forget what he did for me, but he was not the far right conservative that some think he was. Reagan was a patriot who believed in us, he was an optimist to his core and that optimism was contagious, but an extremest he wasn't
Another liberal republican laying claim to the legacy of Dutch Reagan.
::Yawn::
Reagan was a patriot who believed in us. Sounds just like George W. Bush, don't it?