Just a reminder for those who haven't bothered to go back to the first post. Deckman said:
Just now at the supper table, I think I invented a new phrase: "Reagan Rapture." At least I don't remember hearing it any where else.
I explained to "Bride Judy" that us folks in America are so hungry to find a president to look up to, to admire, that we'll even try to reserect, or claim, admirable qualities that are quite questionable.
The clue to where Bob is coming from is that phrase "claim admirable qualities that are quite questionable." Americans without a real good grip on history are a phalanx, lining up behind the mavens of right-wing rhetoric. It's like mass hypnosis. There's an inability to evaluate what happened over the years Reagan was in office--the hollywood glow and charisma have blinded them.