...and he was one of the most popular public spokesmen during the 20th Century, highly paid by corporations such as GE because of his ability to draw large crowds wherever he went. (Your recollections of your ancestral provenance notwithstanding)
I was drawing (for the sake of apples-to-apples consistency) a comparison between the relative popularity of
pre-president Reagan to
pre-president Palin. That Reagan
after his 1980 presidential success was heralded as "The Great Communicator" (and subsequently in great demand on the "speaking circuit") is neither in dispute
nor is it the issue being discussed here.
At least, it wasn't until you raised it as your transparent and deceitfully obfuscatory red-herring smokescreen. Busted. "pwned." Try again.
;^\
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08/12/2011 10:35:15 AM PDT by
Gargantua
("Our little pit bull says 'Taste my nightstick!',,, A barracuda in a skin-tight skirt.")