I was just 5 years old when Reagan was elected. Being a child raised with a hefty dose of television I quickly learned to love Reagan. As I got older I learned about his vision of limited government and it is at the core of my beliefs. I miss Reagan.
When I was very young, when Reagan was first elected, I remember hearing folks talk about him and run him down. My teachers and my peers (obviously just parrotting their parents) and people on the news. At that age I didn't know how to argue or how they could say or believe the things they said.
When I was in high school, of course, my peers who were blossoming communists and my leftist teachers absolutely despised him, but finally I was old enough and informed enough that I could understand that some people just have a liberal gentic defect and aren't worth paying attention to.
I always thought he was a hero and represented what is best about our country. When I was little, Reagan was a cowboy leading America against evil in the world, and I loved him for it.