That is just not true.
Jimmy Carter got his a$$ cleaned in 1980 becuase of the economy. Twenty percent interest rates, 10 percent unemployement and the Iran hostages cost Jimmy Carter his job.
Reagan ran on the fact that he was the only presidential candidate in history to have been elected president of his labor union not once but twice. No one was to draw the conclusion that Reagan was pro labor.. now were they?
Reagan never failed to mention in his stump speech in 1980 that Reagans political hero was That Great NEW DEAL Conservative Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Over and over Reagan said he was still a fan of FDR. Reagan said at nearly every campaign stop in Democrat Districts, that he left the Democratic party because the party of FDR had changed not him. The reporters used to joke that the Democrats were going to sue Reagan for Plagerism. Most of us said if we heard one more time how the Reagan economic program he was calling for was IDENTICAL TO JOHN KENNEDY's in 1960 we were going to puke.
Reagan implied that he hated big corporations because one had fired his Dad on Christmas eve. Reagan told that story of the pink slip in the Christmas envelope instead of a bonus at every stop. Those of us in the press used to say it word for word with him and then see who could make the best fake sob sounds. That is what reporters do when they have seen the same act 200 times.
Reagan ran to the left to get the center voters for all he was worth. Even with the bad economy and the hostages it still took a move to the left in order to beat Jimmy Carter.
One thing you ought to consider... They say you can go to hell for lying.
If you believe you can go to hell for lying (which I don't and I stated facts and not opinion in my comments) then with your statement above, get your fire suit ready. Do you specialize in revisionist history? Are you a member of the media or academia?
Well I didn't see this. You gave away your liberal revisionist history title. I HIT ON THE HEAD. You guys are too easy to figure out.