[ClancyJ]

Oh yes he did.

In fact, I tended to believe the media that he was merely an empty suit led by those around him. I did not have a clue that he was religious. I remember hearing that he slept through meetings.

In those days, I was not "into" politics - I learned from the sound bytes in the media. So, I never knew until much later that a great president had occupied the office.

[DJ MacWoW]

I wasn't into politics much in those days either but Reagan was known as The Great Communicator. If you Google it you get Reagan tributes.

[DJ MacWoW]

The press did try to muzzle Reagan but he wouldn't let them. So they tried making him look a fool saying he fell asleep in meetimgs. He went on camera and said: "I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
Reagan was much more visible and verbal than Bush.