[conservative in nyc]

One thing is I believe many liberals have concluded that it is in their interest, at least for this election year, to praise Reagan as a great president, and then simultaneously attack Bush

There is no question they are doing that. The Slimes, starting with Krugman and moving to their front page today, has been mischaracterizing President Reagan's loophole closing tax bills of 1982 and (I think) 1986 as "rolling back" the "reckless" 1981 tax cuts. Gee.... Who calls his plan to raise taxes on the rich a "roll back"? I wonder...

But they are also attacking the Reagan legacy on liberal issues to help Kerry. Could the Old Grey Whore be more partisan?

[ambrose]

It is the liberal dirtbags who love the loopholes. It is fly-over country voters who get battered with W2 withholdings. The welfare queens and illegals don't pay taxes, and the uber-rich like Soros, Ariana Huffington, etc., use the loopholes to avoid taxes. That's why they're always advocating higher taxes rates - they're not paying any taxes anyway...