“Reagan use to counter criticism with humor...and it worked every time.”
Yes, Reagan certainly did. I remember a smart-assed question posed to Reagan from Sam Donnelson. It went something like this ... I’ll paraphrase ... “Mr. President, with all of the economic woes this nation is facing shouldn’t you, personally, share some of that blame?” Reagan paused and said, “Yes. Because for many years I was a Democrat.”
God have mercy, I miss that man. :(
He knew how to take personal criticism and remove the sting from it. And he was so artful at it, that even his opponents applauded him. Remember his response during the debate when he was asked about his age? I thought Mondale was going to hemorrhage from trying not to laugh.
HA ! That is great !