Would Ronald Reagan have appreciated FreeRepublic? I've thought about this for the past few days and I have to answer no. We have gotten too negative, too nasty, and too petty and small-minded. I've been registered as PolitBase since March but have followed the discussion since 1999. Every now and again -- particularly with people such as OWK (when was he finally punted off anyway?) I have thought that we reach for something better in ourselves. But too often it is hatred and pettiness. Do you think Ronald Reagan would ever have said or thought the ugly things that are...