well, it was quite a show, no matter what your politics....I sat & watched it. I must disagree with 'guest' back up there ^ aways...Dick Cheney's eulogy was eloquent and moving....I might not have agreed with all the sentiments, but if you didn't know the details, you'd be impressed...If I were in that coffin, I'd want someone to say that quality of stuff about me!

I am on record as being aghast at how gullible the public was at Reagan, but the ceremony was somber and well executed.(if a bit 'excessive'..21 F-15s? Geeze!

What I worry about is that the medium will affect the message...that folks who were 'on the fence' or who never read the Mudcat discussions...*grin*..will watch that amazing couple of hours of stagecraft and decide that "With a ceremony that grand, he MUST have been a wonderful leader".....an idea that will, no doubt, not be squashed by the current administration...."....and we today carry ON the ideals of this great statesman. Cast your vote accordingly."

No matter WHAT you think of Reagan's administration, he knew how to push many people's buttons, and those who DID like him have created an aura and mystique that is hard to chip. Those of us who saw a pretty transparent set of clothes on the Emperor can only shrug and hope that history will gradually work it out.