They were snarling at the Gipper and he smiled back. Then they went out and called him stupid and dangerous at the same time. He was a sleeping dolt or an evil madman, depending on what media source you read or watched.
This guy is amazing. The closest thing to him was Jesse Helms, and no president has ever stood up to them like this.
He’s a fighter. I laughed when he said he enjoys this stuff. And he was. You could see it. They didn’t know what hit them.