He was a mensch.
With Reagan in office, you got the distinct impression that no matter happened, it would come out right in the end.
He KNEW who the bad guys were, and didn’t hesitate to call them out on it - NOT try to befriend them or appease them like this current sock puppet does.
We’re in need of that kind of clarity right now.
Dubya gave me that impression too, to a degree. He takes a lot of flack out here, and I disagreed with some of his political decisions (like not slapping the Dems back into their place when needed, expanding Fedzilla and handing the Dems a stronger Beast), but overall I think he was/is a decent man, and an American, and made decisions based on the good of the country instead of himself.
I’ve said it before; I remember a time when a President, a Pope, and a Prime Minister teamed up to topple an Evil Empire... and they did.
A much better time than now, I should think....