Kim - his policies are public record, they are what are being recalled in this thread, and as the person responsible for them he is accountable. the 'if you can't say anything nice' or 'how about a little respect' phrases often trotted out in such situations are the cheapest, most insincere forms of censorship, and often the most effective, because who wants to be thought of as 'not very nice'? But it is censorship nonetheless, and I for one am not afraid to speak my mind.

It's not as if everywhere else in the media you turn there aren't ridiculously glowing tributes to this 'wonderful, affable, what a sense of humor, optimistic, all round great guy'. All those things he may have been, but so what? His record speaks for itself, and as someone else has already remarked, Hitler enjoyed a good joke, so we overlook everything else? and no, I'm not drawing parallels between the two, Reagan was no Hitler. Reagan couldn't paint and never hung wallpaper as far as I know, but he harmed real people and the government and the society and that should not be forgotten. maybe forgiven, for we are compassionate, but NEVER forgotten. the history books will eventually tell the truth about Reagan, Bush and the rest, even if Dubya keeps the records secret for the next hundred years, someday the world will know what worthless Presidents these were AND what real harm they did.