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Harding was never exposed of anything.. he had some corrupt cabinet members, who were exposed after he died.

That may be the reality, but it's not the liberal historian spin. When you say Harding, they say "Teapot Dome". The Slimes is trying to slime Reagan's legacy so that when you say "Reagan", they say "Iran-Contra".

The better parallel to Harding would be JFK.

Absolutely. Both died in their first term in office. Both followed Presidents of the other party. Both had huge outpourings of affection for them immediately after their deaths. But don't tell this to the Slimes --- President Reagan didn't die in office. But the outpouring for him far surpassed the outpouring for President Nixon.

I suspect JFK will be viewed more like Harding once the 60s generation begins to die off...

Perhaps. But even Generation X was brought up on the myth of Camelot, so it might take a little longer than that. And I doubt that he will ever be viewed quite as badly as President Harding by liberal historians. The worst they can do is when you say Kennedy, they say "Bay of Pigs", which was more of a military blunder than scandal impinging on the administration's integrity.

We freed some hostages and gave money to guerillas who were fighting a Communist dictatorship... and this dictatorship was later voted out of office in free elections..

So Iran-Contra is a problem because... ?

One thing is I believe many liberals have concluded that it is in their interest, at least for this election year, to praise Reagan as a great president, and then simultaneously attack Bush. I saw Carl Bernstein do this the other night on a talk show.

He was saying "Reagan was a statesman, unlike Bush..." "Reagan worked well with the opposition, unlike Bush..."