[kevkrom]

The only joke here is how some many of Bush's ankle biter critics and their ilk were also bashing Reagan during his time in office.

So true... the fact is that Reagan himself was never the "Reagan" that GWB is compared to.

[borkrules]

This piece is a very good corrective.

We are all subject, to a certain extent, to engage in hero worship.

I'll plead guilty to that when it comes to President Reagan.

But history and intellectual honesty should force us all to remember that, like President Bush right now, Reagan also stumbled and yes, even his supporters at the time winced on occasion.

Bush and his team should remember that as they endure the usual second term disasters, even if some of them are self-inflicted, as I believe the Miers nomination was.

And no one on this forum needs to crap on Mr. Reagan to make that point, as some knucklehead does up thread.