Didn't Reagan legalize ILLEGAL ALIENS?
So true. And, let’s not forget Ed Meese and James Watt — and their associated scandals — that make some of Slick Willy’s capers look like Amateur Hour.
Further, Ollie North had to awaken Ronnie from his nap to remind the President that he was going to testify on Capitol Hill in the Iran-Contra mess.
Reagan responded… “OK. Ahhh, what was that one about, again...?”
And, that was on a good day.
Fortunately, Reagan had two very competent Bechtal men to do the heavy lifting. Cap and George explained to Reagan how to break the Russkies;
Outspend them !!
It worked flawlessly — and we got our Navy back on fairly solid footing at the same time — from Carter’s 300 ship level back up to approximately 550 at the end of his second term. (Weinburger had been Steve Bechtel’s comptroller; George Schulz was the former company tresurer for the largest privately owned company in the world. One superb team !!!
These gents knew how to play hardball...and, essentially, were the only truly competent mambers of Reagan’s team. McFarland and North were WAY out of their league the moment they got off the bus in downtown Washington. *S*