True.
Sarah's endorsement of McCain is a mistake.
Similar to the way Reagan made mistakes. Does every poor SC decision O'Connor made on the SC have Reagan's name on it. Does every new illegal alien in this country have Reagan's name on it because Reagan gave illegal aliens amnesty in '86? What about the abortion bill Reagan signed when he was governor?
All those were mistake made by our greatest modern day president.
The continuous invoking of Reagan to provide cover for what Sarah Palin may or may not do is becoming tiresome.
But to address your brief Reagan ‘factoids’...
a.) Justice O’Connor was believed to be a conservative jurist at the time of her nomination, and she had the seal of approval of no less than ‘Mr Conservative’ himself, Senator Barry Goldwater. Ronald Reagan trusted Barry Goldwater like a brother, and had no reason to doubt his recommendation. Comparing the O’Connor nomination to the SCOTUS with Sarah Palin’s endorsement of McStain is disingenuous, O’Connor’s judicial record did not suggest that she would move to the center/left after she was confirmed. McStain has PLENTY of history which should have been instructional to Sarah Palin prior to her agreeing to endorse him. But no matter, “she owed him and she’s paying her debt” as the current mantra goes and that’s fine.
b.) Reagan’s actions regarding what you call the ‘Amnesty of ‘86’ were far more responsible and fair minded than the amnesty con game that RINOs like George W. Bush, John McCain, Lindsey Graham and others (not to mention the latest Dead Kennedy, Fat Teddy) tried to foist upon us, go back and read that legislation and you’ll discover for yourself that it was a good bill, and the reason we have millions MORE illegals in America today is because after that ‘86 legislation was signed by Reagan, subsequent administrations FAILED TO UPHOLD THE LAWS so far as our borders and national security is concerned. That most certainly was not Reagan’s fault.
c.) The abortion bill Reagan signed when he was governor was actually intended to REDUCE the number of abortions in the State of California, but unscrupulous doctors and abortionists used the loophole about performing an abortion “to preserve the health of the mother” to include a woman’s MENTAL state, i.e. “oh, oh, I can’t be pregnant, this is terrible, its going to ruin my life”, Abortionist: “there, there, you sound emotionally stressed, this could upset your whole mental equilibrium, fortunately the law allows for us to ‘fix’ this little problem in your belly...”, Reagan later admitted that they pulled a fast one and that in retrospect he would not have signed that legislation had he known how it would be manipulated by the pro-abortion crowd.
Anything else you want to discuss?