I call bullsh!t.
"In his first term, he froze government hiring and approved tax hikes to balance the budget. [...]
"Reagan was involved in high-profile conflicts with the protest movements of the era. On May 15, 1969, during the People's Park protests at UC Berkeley, Reagan sent the California Highway Patrol and other officers to quell the protests [...] Reagan then called out 2,200 state National Guard troops to occupy the city of Berkeley for two weeks to crack down on the protesters. [...]
"[...] Reagan had been in office for only four months when he signed the bill [the "Therapeutic Abortion Act"], and stated that had he been more experienced as governor, it would not have been signed. [...]
"[...] One of Reagan's greatest frustrations in office concerned capital punishment, which he strongly supported. His efforts to enforce the state's laws in this area were thwarted when the Supreme Court of California issued its People v. Anderson decision, which invalidated all death sentences issued in California prior to 1972, though the decision was later overturned by a constitutional amendment. The only execution during Reagan's governorship was on April 12, 1967, when Aaron Mitchell's sentence was carried out by the state in San Quentin's gas chamber."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_reagan#Governor_of_California.2C_1967.E2.80.931975
Yeah, he supported tax hikes and signed an abortion bill that resulted in a million more abortions. Those are liberal positions,
And...oh yeah...he was once a big supporter of FDR and the New Deal.