[NoLibZone]

"This is what you need to know. And, folks, do not doubt me. Some of you weren't alive in the mid-seventies.

Some of you weren't old enough in the mid-seventies to remember. But Ronald Reagan was just as hated by the intellectual class then as Palin is now.

Now, I'm not saying that Palin is Reagan. I'm just telling you that Reagan didn't have the pedigree. "

[zerosix]

I had just begun dating a lawyer late in Reagan's second term.

When we got around to discussing politics (usually in the first 5-10 minutes for me, I'm so conservative, liberal men do not interest me) he made some snide jokes about Reagan. When I spiritedly disagreed, he responded with, "Surely you must be kidding! Don't tell me you voted for this dolt twice!"

I quickly decided life was short and dropped him asap.