Ron Reagan Says Gipper Lacked Friends

Reagan was human, and sometimes it is family that really know anyone well. I'd give the son the benefit of the doubt in knowing his father. Especially before I's listen to some of these true believers who have imposed some hyper-conservatives sainthood on Reagan. While Reagan was a good man with good intentions, he was used by political snakes and many of his good intentions went sour.

Reagan's flaw were numerous, starting with the Reagan Tax Cuts, the source of our deficit spending problems, which we should be rolling back. Reagan, a union leader when he was younger, turned his back on the people as he became Reagan the union buster.

The callous nature of many of Reagan's domestic agenda figures into his son's portrayal of a man without many friends. We know all about the bubble of celebrity and the ultimate bubble of the presidency that removes people from the public common sense. I'd say Reagan began with strong moral sense but was a victim of his own success in becoming isolated from people and eventually from reality in every sense.

As for the half-wit half-term governor for Alaska, she is an insult to Reagan's memory and an insult to every American.

Dettrick of VA 11:29PM February 05, 2011