I love how Reagan is now attacked with the kind of fervor on FR that I would expect to see on DU. You should be ashamed of yourself, but I doubt you're capable of such.
DrDeb didn't attack Reagan -- she was merely pointing out that there were unreasonable "conservative" haters in 1987 just like there are now. And, on the evidence of this thread after her early post, if anything she misunderestimated how much Bush Derangement Syndrome there is around here.
The argument that GWB is a phony conservative compared to RWR cuts no ice with me. IMHO the Gipper would be IMMENSELY PROUD of the brave efforts of GWB these past six years. Both men were above all practical politicians who accomplished much in part because they didn't believe ideological purity works for Presidents in this country.