Actually, I see some folks' seeming need to tear down Reagan to try and somehow make the current President look better as a sign of real desperation.
I do.
It's absurd.
Every single one of us (other than the young ones) who admire and respect President Bush, also admired and respected President Reagan.
But we remember things historically accurately, and not through your rosy, foggy glasses of perfection.
When all is said and done, President Bush will have done as much or more for conservativism as Reagan, and some day, if you haven't gone off the deep end of sanity because of your unchecked anger...........you'll admit that too.
What you see as "tearing down Reagan" is really being realistic about Reagan, rather than worshiping like so many on this website and on talk radio do.