If you looked at Reagan with the same critical eye you use on Bush, you wouldn't miss him either.
You know that Reagan: was originally a Democrat, signed into law an abortion bill in CA, had the Dem Speaker of the House as a close friend, raised taxes (after he cut them), cut and ran out of Lebanon, signed amnesty into law, tripled the national debt, ran the largest deficits since WWII.
Reagan was the greatest President of my lifetime (I proudly voted twice for him!!), yet all these things are true. Of course there were mitigating circumstances for each one, but since you ignore them for Bush, maybe you should ignore them for Reagan too.
You should think about that when you run down GWB.
Reagan was the greatest President of my lifetime (I proudly voted twice for him!!), yet all these things are true. Of course there were mitigating circumstances for each one, but since you ignore them for Bush, maybe you should ignore them for Reagan too.
What Reagan was or did before he took office is irrelevant.
So is whether he had Tip O'Neill for a close friend (I doubt he did, he just didn't go out of his way to antagonize people).
We won the Cold War thanks to Reagan.
You really can't say anything like that about Bush.
Nobody is perfect.
I know Reagan was a Democrat. But he had the wisdom to see the error of his ways and grow to reach the Political Truth.
George on the other hand became more and more of a “compassionate” conservative with every day in office until he finally developed the strength of character of a chocolate eclair (thank you T.R. - ANOTHER GREAT Republican the Bushes aren’t fit the clean the shoes of).