So, Reagan gets the benefit of the doubt but Bush doesn't . . . the logic is flawless.
[BTW: President Bush IS trying to learn from Reagan's mistakes: He's trying to correct the problems exacerbated by Reagan's "tepid" amnesty bill, Reagan's "tepid" social security bill (can we talk budget deficits/entitlement programs), Reagan's "tepid" response to the 'borking' of his Supreme Court nominees, Reagan's "tepid" response to Islamic terrorism, and so on. Oops, I forgot, Reagan gets 'do-overs'; Bush just gets bashed!]
They don't have any more intellectual honesty than the left........which is why they AGREE with the left so often.
It's called 'creating your own truth.'