Papa Bush rejected the Gipper's leadership on this issue, and got tossed out of office on his butt.
Wait a minute. I thought the trade deficit was going to kill us during the Reagan era. Now, all of a sudden, he's a protectionist? He did a mighty poor job, then.
Funny, it's from the same libertarian source as yours.
President Bush is just reversing the errors of President Reagan. /bold sarcasm