Indeed. The "Great Communicator" was generally acknowledged in diplomatic and political circles to be "a very nice man" but not a particularly bright, insughtful, or competent one when it came to actual policy. I am a dyed in the wool liberal, but am also a human being, and so I'm sorry for the suffering he and his family have undergone due to his illness, but the fact remains that the Reagan '80s ruined our economy and it took a good decade to redress the balance (after which we got GW in a rigged election, thus guaranteeing us at least 4 years of mindless international hostilities and semi-literate rhetoric from the Oval Office; fancy a move to Canada, anyone??).

Wonder how "Mommmy's" doing?

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