Well I am not a Reagan scholar, but the MSM line on RR was very similar to SP. Reagan had been a governor longer and the MSM was not nearly as partisan, but things like
“Killer trees!!!” by Jim Brady mocking some RR statement
“in RR’s deepest thought, you couldn’t get your ankles wet”
and so on
My recollection is very much opposed to yours. RR was in many ways similar but he was 65 when he ran the first time.
Honestly, it is incredulous anyone would say he was an intellectual
Perhaps, but in the case of RR, there is ample evidence of his intellectual depth, despite the MSM ignoring it.
http://www.amazon.com/Reagans-Path-Victory-Selected-Writings/dp/0743227069
With SP, there's nothing there.
Honestly, it is incredulous anyone would say he was an intellectual
Having read his collective writings in the book linked to above, I think it is incredulous that anyone would deny it.