[Mojave]

I'm not a centrist, darling, am a conservative.

You Gerald Ford types were constantly attacking Ronald Reagan for being "too extreme".

[TAdams8591]

I remember many Republicans attacking Ronald Reagan as too extreme. There was not a single conservative with whom I was acquainted in REAL LIFE at the time, who wasn't crazy about him, even when they disagreed with something he did.

Some of those same people, while supportive of President Bush are not as happy with him as they were with Reagan.

I do think, many conservatives have been using Ronald Reagan to measure President Bush (I must admit I am one of them), and President Bush comes up short, in their eyes, which is a problem President Reagan didn't have. And for this reason there is a greater number of conservatives overall who are less satisfied with the performance of President Bush than they were with performance of President Reagan.

[Tamzee]

And you fanatic types like to make things up as you go along. Didn't like Ford, adored Reagan and was immensely proud to vote for him. Voted for Bush the first, not conservative enough for me so I voted 3rd party in 1992 and learned what a disaster move that was...

Other folks just don't have the brain cells to see what "teaching the GOP a lesson" did to the country.