You don’t know what you are talking about! Reagan was savaged well before 1980 as the man who would start WWIII if he became President and described by the media as a idiot, amicable dunce, politically lightweight and flabby on political issues and stances. He was hated by the left, the media and the Republican Establishment just like Palin
Even Reagan did get criticized for not doing anything. Even when she is not out campaigning, she is appearing in the news.
Breaking News: Sarah is doing nothing in particular!!!!!!!!Film at 11!!!!!!!!
You speak true. Hollywood Communists like Lorne Greene were campaigning against him in TV commercials as a menace when he was running for governor of California. (This was revenge for Reagan having kicked the Reds out of the Screen Actors' Guild when he was its president.)
Much later in 1976—four years before Reagan was first nominated for President in 1980—guitar Commies in my college dorm were making up songs against Reagan. The one that sticks in my mind was called "Ronnie Reggae," a rhythmical number with soulful minor chords that united various Soviet conceits in one neat package:
"Take the money from the poor,
Send it down to Salvador,
Oh-o, Ronnie Reggae!
Oh-o, Ronnie Reggae! . . ."
Reagan almost won the nomination in ‘76 and had huge grassroot support when he ran in ‘80. He was generaly the front-runner in the GOP primaries. So the idea that SP has the same obstacles as Reagan is just wrong. Moreover, Reagan had two full terms as CA Governor and decades of speeches and writings to back up his substantce.
True all those types who that hated Reagan then, hate SP now; but Reagan was able to overcome attacks because he had been able to define himself to the majority of American for the most part. SP didn’t have that luxuory.