Reagan was a good shephard. LOL.
Reagan was practical and knew the strength of the US people. And he relied upon it. He was smart enough to know that when push comes to shove, if the public gets peaved enough, they'll revolt. That was a factor in his getting elected and brought about the term "Reagan Democrats". The dems turned on their own party to elect him. So much for sheep. We shot guys in red jackets for a while who thought we should act like sheep as well, that was something called a revolution - might look it up. We also fought a civil war and are likely to host another one. Sheep don't tend to do that.. When a ram walks into the crowd, they'll just up and take off after the ram without a thought.. The thing that mucks it up for people assuming Americans are sheep is that Americans know what abuse is and do think about it. When they get fed up enough, they protest, scream, bite, kick and fire weapons. It's in our blood. We're also an armed society - which is why a lot of folks have thought twice about invading us and which is likely why the dems want us disarmed and the rinos would prefer to help them. An armed public can be an unknown quantity and tough to plan for if one intends to do things that might incite them to revolt..