re: #376 cliffster

I don’t remember Reagan ever being a boogey-man. Sure people hated him, but among Republicans, he’s been a hero then, now, and forever. Bush, on the other hand, was a hero when he was kicking ass, then he became a boogey-man when he forgot to set his alarm in 2005 and apparently never woke up until Obama kicked him out of bed.

Among a lot on the left I have dealt with over the years Reagan was nearly as reviled as Nixon. Bush 43 surpassed both for the simple reason he tried to cater to both the Left and Right with his Compassionate Conservatism that was just dressed up FDR Socialism.