re: #83 HappyWarrior

And so it’s clear that while I dislike Reagan, I’m not attacking him here, I’m attacking the idea that Republicans and their pundit allies can’t go one election without comparing their nominee to Reagan and the Dem to Carter. It’s just lame and shows me they offer little.

Like most things surrounding St. Ron, the GOP idolizes their fantasy scenario of how ‘80 played out rather than the reality of it. In their fantasy, St. Ron used that magnificent debate performance to “come from behind” and win big. Everybody thought Carter was going to win, then overnight they broke for St. Ron in huge numbers and took him to a awe-inspiring victory.

The reality was that Reagan had taken a pretty convincing lead in the later summer, expanded it during the convention, and kept hold of it all the way to the election.