[nopardons]

Very well put, with but one slight quibble. For the most part, the "purists" here, who have Reagan on a pedestal, were either not born yet, when he was president, or quite young. They have NO idea what he said or did, but he is their godling of Conservatism. They have no idea that it was Reagan who gave illegals ACROSS THE BOARD AMNESTY and when that's pointed out to them, they look to make excuses. Neither do they know that while he did lower tax brackets and taxes, he also RAISED taxes. And those two items are just for starters.

[Wombat101]

While Ronnie was my all time absolute favorite (first Presidential election I was able to vote in, and I pulled the lever for him --- twice!), I do remember walking the unemployment line for nearly a year between 1987-1988. Never dulled my enthusiasm, but it did make me wonder about certain economic policies.