[CowboyJay]

"Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were leftists? You must be one of those "Willie Brown" conservatives."

Nixon? An authoritarian statist, and a Fabian Socialist (one-worlder).

Reagan? Reagan was essenially a libertarian. Said so himself. Nancy and Ed Meese were the 'true believer' drug warriors in that administration. Reagan was also responding at the time to pressure from a reconstituted...

(wait for it...)

christian left.

He cozied up to them in an attempt to enlarge the GOP tent. The unfortunate fallout was the bastardization of Goldwater/Reagan conservatism into 'compassionate conservatism'.

I find it interesting that you didn't mention Clinton or the two Bushes. All 3 were fine drug warriors in their own right (and to the left of JFK, politically). More erosion of Posse Comitatus and 4A occurred under Clinton than anyone else mentioned here.

Who is "Willie Brown", and why should I care?

[Mojave]

Ronald Reagan “cozied” up to the left?

As surely as a dog returns to its vomit, these drug threads bring you Reagan haters out of the woodwork.