[txrangerette]

Ahhhhhh, for those halcyon days of Reagan. (sarcasm)

I love the Gipper; he did a tremendous amount of good, but he compromised mightily because he had to. Like all Presidents (unless they're dictators, which doesn't fly in America). His rhetoric was flawless and you couldn't tell he was compromising nearly as much as he really was. When you look at the actual record it was not as flawless as were his communications to his supporters.

That's life. We're not in heaven, where all will be perfeçt.

[ohioWfan]

SO right, tx. Reagan's rhetoric was a cover for the compromise, but the reality was that he compromised a lot..........because it's required of the job!

President Bush is right up front. No pretense. No rhetoric. We know what's going on while it's happening.

After the fact, both men will be remembered as being strong pro-American conservatives who made some mistakes, but were great Presidents whose policies led to greater freedom and safety around the world and as a result, here at home.

(Why can't these people understand this??)