Ronald Reagan

[DeistPaladin]

Could someone PLEASE explain to me why Ronald Reagan is held in such reverence?

1. Because he created the myth of "trickle down economics", which Republicans have been successfully selling ever since despite the fact that it's been proven for 30 years to do nothing but make the rich even richer.

2. Because his catch-phrases about "government IS the problem" has fueled the Republican co-opting of libertarians ever since, despite the fact that Republican foreign and domestic policy actually grows the size of government and makes it more intrusive, not less.

3. Because he showed the Republicans that what you do or achieve isn't important so long as you mind your marketing and public image.

4. Because he was lucky enough to be in office when the Cold War went in our favor.

5. Because he has a kindly grandfatherly demeanor and the rest of the myth surrounding him bears no resemblance to reality. But then, conservatives can't seem to remember what was happening two years ago (some of them currently think that Obama was in office when the economy melted down), never mind what the real Reagan was like during the 80s. Facts aren't important to these people.

I thought he was going to be your most laughable president, then you wheeled out George Bush junior.

I've been deeply embarrassed by my country's behavior over the last decade but I will say in our defense, "we" didn't wheel out Bush Jr. The Supreme Court did. Bush lost the popular vote. The Supreme Court stopped the recount and simply appointed a president. I didn't know they could do that. Must have missed that part in our constitution.

That's why when I write "president" Bush, I put the office title in quotes.