Even Reagan was not Reagan. Had marines with no bullets in Beirut, which dwarfs Benghazi.
The Marines were blown up on their own base, in their own house, with their own rules, what did Reagan have to do with that?
I was one of those Marines, omega4179, and you are right. That said, I still love Ronald Reagan to this day. Reagan was not perfect, but he was the right leader to pull us out of the malaise of Vietnam, Watergate and Jimmy Carter. Fortunately, 1980 America recognized him as the man of the hour.
I agree with Ann Coulter that Mitt Romney was NOT the problem this year. If Romney failed to attract and motivate Conservatives who failed to show up against Barack Obama, that just proves that the real problem lies with those so-called "Conservatives" and not with Mitt Romney. Those indolent dumbasses deserve whatever they get for their stubbornness, but we'll all pay.
It is my sad conclusion that not even Ronald Wilson Reagan would have won this year. 2012 America has gone on the dole, and now prefers Santa Claus to freedom and solvency. As Rush Limbaugh concluded last week (and I paraphrase): "We have passed the point where words and ideas can save us; we have now reached the point where only events can save us." Cataclysmic events lie ahead...
There is a reason Liberarians are politically irrelevant.