Oh, yeah..he said it. In fact, he gave a history lesson going over the eloquence of Lincoln's speeches, like those at Gettysburg, while talking about the rheotirc of FDR. He made a point to say that RWR had speech writers and that the thoughts were never his own. He essentially called him a shallow man. He even said that Reagan made compassion, unfashionable.
Interesting, since CNN talked about this and even conceded that with the release of Nancy's personal letters and RWR diary, the liberals had him all wrong. He was, in fact, an extremely substantive person...who while filled with idealism (a liberal trait), actually sought to fulfill those dreams through substantive acts, unlike liberals who talk a good game. David Corn was even worse on CNN as the debated Laura Ingraham.
Yes I saw David Corn opposite Laura at lunchtime. David Corn? From The Nation? How many people read The Nation and who the heck is David Corn? I thought Laura put in firmly in his place.