Wtf cares what Paul wanted! Paul called Reagan's Presidency, a "dramatic failure". Only a total loon would make a crazed remark like that. That statement in and of itself, proves that Paul belongs in a straight jacket and heavily sedated, 24-7!
I’d want to see the whole context, the whole interview.
Something can be a dramatic failure and it could be entirely the Democrats fault, for instance.
I would want to hear how blame could be proportioned.
Back in 1976 and 1980, the thinking was that Reagan would be able to really shrink government. Eliminate the Department of Education for one thing.
The hopes in 1980 were for some serious serious major cuts. Listen to Ron Paul now. Get rid of the Federal Income Tax entirely. Make serious cuts, abolishing whole departments.
Conservatives wanted that to happen in 1980, and when 1988 rolled around, and it didn’t happen, some Conservatives were disappointed.
I would expect that even after saying that, he’d still put Reagan up there as the best President of this era, because all the rest of the Presidents didn’t even try to cut Fed Gov.