No, Reagan was not perfect. He wasn't close to perfect, but I do remember what it was like before Reagan.
Before Reagan, the only place we seemed to beat the Soviets was an Olympic hockey match.
Before Reagan, the "misery index" was well above 20.
Before Reagan, the country was in a "malaise."
Before Reagan, our foreign policy looked like it was developed by frightened rabbits; well, Carter's cabinet wasn't quite as brave as frightened rabbits.
Before Reagan, pessimism was the rule.
Before Reagan, we were rushing headlong into some kind of gleeful surrender to socialism. Yeah, it's not great now, but remember what it was like?
Before Reagan, the economy tanked and American cars looked like shoeboxes, but not as aerodynamic.
Before Reagan, was Jimmy Carter.
Finally, one can't look at events in a vacuum. What would have happened if we had become entangled in Lebanon? Right. We just don't know, do we? Would we have still stopped the Evil Empire. I still give Ronald Reagan the credit he deserves for that one.
As for the wall, ask some Poles, Latvians, Lithianians and Estonians if Reagan made a difference.
God bless Roanld Reagan wherever you are.
He made us proud to be Americans again.
I remember all of that also.
I also didn't say that Reagan was a failure or a bad president.
He was a wonderful President...BUT, it is time to think of the future, not try to recreate the past.
Reagan DID face the same enemy we have, he just didn't know it...radical Islam DID attack our country, Reagan didn't do anything about it...
I also remember that Clinton was darned lucky for the computer industry boom of the 90's..because there was a LOT of bad things that happened during his watch that NO ONE ever talks about.
I just hope that the GOP candidates spend more time trying to look to the future with optimism, which I believe was a Reagan trait...than try to relive the past.