[Stepan12]

But still a good choice. You can't fault the American public on that one as they probably learned little about Washington or Teddy Roosevelt in their politically correct history classes, while Ronald Reagan's achievements were too recent and too great to conceal.

Someone here made the point of imagining what it would be like if Reagan did not win the election. Our embassy personnel held hostage in Iran; the Soviet Union mighty and ascendant. It is scary to contemplate if Carter won re election.

[ZULU]

True.

But without a George Washington, there would be no United States to worry about, possibly a Monarchy instead of a Republic, and a good part of our Federal Executive Structure was created by Washington.

At any rate, that's my thinking.

But I agree totally with your assessment of Reagan's significance. Carter's re-election would have been a national catastrophy. His Secretary of Defense Zbignew Brizinky(Spelling? Does he have a green card?) had the nerve to recently criticize Bush's efforts in the Middle East after the catastrophy they orchestrated in Iran.