[Gargantua]

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.

;^\

[Mr. Lucky]

You're not nearly as knowledgeable (or maybe as old) as you pretend.

In the early days of television, advertisers pushed to have their product, and the shows they sponsored, closely associated with a known, respected and well liked star. Ronald Reagan represented General Electric from 1954 through 1962, well before he entered politics (and well before you were born, I suspect).