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You know that Reagan: was originally a Democrat, signed into law an abortion bill in CA, had the Dem Speaker of the House as a close friend, raised taxes (after he cut them), cut and ran out of Lebanon, signed amnesty into law, tripled the national debt, ran the largest deficits since WWII.

Reagan was the greatest President of my lifetime (I proudly voted twice for him!!), yet all these things are true. Of course there were mitigating circumstances for each one, but since you ignore them for Bush, maybe you should ignore them for Reagan too.

What Reagan was or did before he took office is irrelevant.

So is whether he had Tip O'Neill for a close friend (I doubt he did, he just didn't go out of his way to antagonize people).

We won the Cold War thanks to Reagan.

You really can't say anything like that about Bush.

[Balding_Eagle]

We won the Cold War thanks to Reagan.

You really can't say anything like that about Bush.

GWB may be responsible for the overturn of RoevWade, no small feat.

Chief Justice Stevens has already indicated they are ready to hear a case.

[jwalsh07]

We won the Cold War thanks to Reagan.

You really can't say anything like that about Bush.

Seems a bit myopic. The Middle East boil was way out of control and ready to explode. Bush lanced it. Now we wait and see where that leads us.

[A.Hun]

You really can't say anything like that about Bush.

Bush set the entire tone for our ongoing war on terror by killing/capturing everyone he could find that was responsible for 9/11 or planning another...that might be as important as the fall of the USSR in the future.

But, I will have to agree, bringing down USSR was an awesome accomplishment. Thanks to Thatcher also.