Exactly in this world we never get 100% of what we want, many on this board exalt Ronald Reagan (and he was a great President and a wonderful friend to Britain) to great heights but he never got 100% of what he or they wanted. I suspect at the time were saying many of the things about him that they are now saying about GWB, especially on illegal immigration.
True. But, Ronald Reagan always knew what he wanted and never stopped fighting for it.
In some cases they said worse things about Reagan... but Bush has been attacked far worse.
LLS
Mostly true about RR except that he later admitted he was wrong about the 1986 amnesty. He thought it would be a one-time act followed up with strict border enforcement.
GWB has that history to look at. Amnesty does not work. So why does he cling to it? Because it's about the North American Union and cheap labor.
Ronald Reagan was hobbled by an overwhelmingly democrat congress, and did not have the benefit of talk radio, the internet, fox news and other independent media sources. W. had both houses of congress before Tuesday, plus an alternative media machine to help him. There's no comparison.