Let's not pretend.
~jla stops reading~
Perhaps you're not so wide awake as you let on to be.
Because if he continued reading he would find valid points to refute his argument.
jla loves the Village Voice, which has regularly denounced Ronald Reagan as a greedy racist idiot - but jla thinks it's OK to quote people who slander Reagan, as long as they also slander Giuliani.
jla knows that he cannot argue that Reagan was an ambitious man - as all great Americans are. jla also knows that he cannot argue that Reagan didn't enjoy being President - because Reagan obviously enjoyed being President and that joy was evident in his face when he addressed the nation.