[Ciaphas Cain]

George W. Bush, Al Gore, John Kerry... there was going to be an expansion of government regardless of who it was who won in 2000 or 2004. Obama was "picked to win" in 2008 by the party masters and the mainstream media. Whoever it was in the years prior, would not have made a difference in the grander scheme of things. They were ALL big-government types, who differed only on points of agenda. I think a lot of people are still in denial about G.W. Bush. Still holding to the notion that he had been tapped by God Himself, when in fact Bush II's policies were the WORST in American history second only to Obama's.

Say what you may of Reagan, but there was never any doubt that his heart was in the right place. He only wanted what was best for America and her people, and he acted accordingly as best he could. On some matters, he failed. No president is going to be perfect. But those were the eight best years of America in the past half century, and nobody since has come close.

Reagan's heart was in the right place. Can that be said of any of his successors? I can't honestly say that it can be.

[nopardons]

There are none so blind as those who not see.

You blast W, with some reason, but in an absurd way, yet laud Reagan in a way close to idolatry...sans real hard cold facts and with excuses.

ME? I look at ALL of it unbiased, with a strong leaning on the facts, and not in "awe" of any of them.

W worse than Slick Willie; even worse than Obama? You really need a good dose of reality smacking you upside your head!

Of course Obama was on the docket to be president; it's why he was "bred". I'm truly not into tinfoil, but the whole Obama thing stinks of what would ordinarily be labeled "conspiracy theory". It's all just SO damned "pat"; like something out of a book or bad movie.