[camle]

reagan didn't fool you, the people you listened to, his critics fooled you. you bought the lies, and it wasn't Reagan's fault, it was yours.

speaking to the author, of course.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

speaking to the author, of course

Give Sullivan credit for admitting he was wrong. That's often harder to do than being right all along. And it's a terrific piece, besides. I wish I had been older when Reagan was President. I was 16 when he left office, and thus still in the grip of the public school system.

I even once taped myself doing a parody of the coverage of the assassination attempt on Reagan (I was 9 at the time). Though I poked fun at Ronnie in that little taped skit, I was pretty clued-in about TV news and their superficial coverage. I think I had the anchorman seriously intoning about something trivial, like some shmoe stubbing his toe, and then audibly brightening to segue into "And on the LIGHTER side, Ronald Reagan was shot today!"

I think I was a nascent Republican even then, though I didn't know it yet.

[Ronin]

A bump for the Greatest American of our time.

[Shery]

Fortunately for us the letters and contents of his memoirs were not sealed for 50 years...which makes you wonder why others would demand theirs be?

[Richard Kimball]

Ronald Reagan was the greatest President of the 20th Century. I knew that when I voted for him, and I always knew how smart he was. Course, I started disliking Dan Rather early, to avoid the rush.