I believe it is VERY telling that the same people who were on the losing side duirng Reagan's watch are making the exact same criticism 16 YEARS later as if they were still fresh and valid.
It only shows them for the fools they are because they make the identical condemnation against Bush.
Peggy Noonan must be right, it is some kind of Cowboy had fobia.
should be Cowboy HAT fobia
Part of it is just elite snobbery.
But .. you make a great point about it being the same people and they're making the same complaints. Rush has been pointing that out a lot lately - reading the statements they made about Reagan and how they're the same statements about Bush; dunce, cowboy, etc.