[Luis Gonzalez]

Reagan came into power after one of the most embarrasing Democrats in the history of the DNC, a president who had been held by the short hairs by Iran and Cuba, not in the shadow of one of the most popular leftists in years.

Reagan did not have to contend to the sort of stark reality of what our world has become in the aftermath of 9/11.

Reagan lived in a much cleare world, with a clearly defined enemy.

That was then, this is now.

[paulk]

Reagan lived in a much cleare world, with a clearly defined enemy. That was then, this is now.

Sounds like a parrot of the mainstream press.

I was awake and paying attention during the reagan years - he had a big mess on his hands and showed what leadership can do. He won the cold war! What everyone said could not be done, what everyone said he couldn't do with military strength. He defied the conventional wisdom again and again. The Dems didn't like him - but they also followed him - they feared him. He didn't follow poll data out of fear - he led. He was a man - not someone's BOY like GWB.