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Wasn't Reagan a cheerleader for Hollywood union members? Wasn't he even the president of that union.

Didn't Reagan sign a bill in California that was pro-abortion?

Didn't Reagan sign an amnesty bill as president?

Didn't Reagan spend a lot of money?

Was Reagan ever in the military?

Didn't Reagan vote for one of the biggest socialist presidents ever (FDR)?

With all that Perry doesn't look all that bad.

Other than becoming a Captain in the military, I guess he didn’t serve in the military...

Reagan wasn’t perfect that’s for sure.

But here’s the issue, Reagan explained his transformation. Perry has explained nothing. Its about trust to really scale back government.

On those first three items, can't let you take pot shots at Reagan without defending his decisions.

>>>>>Wasn't Reagan a cheerleader for Hollywood union members? Wasn't he even the president of that union.

Reagan was voted by a majority of his peers to represent them as their union leader. At the same time Reagan was fighting to purge communists from Hollywood too. I'd call Reagan a patriot. How about you?

>>>>>Didn't Reagan sign a bill in California that was pro-abortion?

No. Reagan was always pro-life and never supported abortion on demand, personally or as a matter of public policy. Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967 with the hope that it would help with difficult abortion cases and limit overall abortions throughout California. In the end, the California medical community ran roughshod over the legislation and turned it into a 100% pro-abortion bill.

>>>>>Didn't Reagan sign an amnesty bill as president?

The IRCA of 1986 contained three parts, employer sanctions, increased border security enforcement and limited "legalization" that started at 300K, quickly became 900K and later was upped to 2.7 million by the Democrat controlled Congress. If the IRCA of 1986 had been properly enforced and not gutted by Ted Kennedy and his fellow liberals, America wouldn't be facing the serious problems we have today with an out of control immigration policy.

Facts are, Reagan won the Cold War, cut taxes to 50 year lows and helped revive the US economy creating booming growth that improved the lives of all Americans.

I like Rick Perry and might even vote for him, but he's no Ronald Reagan.