[gusopol3]

But Reagan is 63, and looks it. His hair is still remarkably free of gray, but around the mouth and neck he looks like an old man. He’s never demonstrated substantial national appeal. His hardcore support today consists primarily of the kamikaze conservatives who thought the 1964 Goldwater campaign was jolly fun. And there’s a reason to doubt that Reagan is well suited to appeal to the electorate that just produced a Democratic landslide.

Glad I read this; no wonder George Will seems so out of it so often--he is.

[SmokingJoe]

George Will lacks intellectual rigour, in addition to being intellectually dishonest. He essentially bends the facts to suit his RINO agenda/narrative. That’s the trouble with
living in DC for too long and hanging out with liberals from outfits like the Washington Post all the time. He’s been co-opted and compromised and is of little use to anyone.

[PghBaldy]

Reagan had a certain charm that few people have. He was an actor, but it was obvious he was a kind & good man. He was never such a great actor to fool the American people. He was the real thing. I can think of no one else like him. I could not stand Reagan when he was POTUS, but I was young and misguided. My younger brother loved him. Only after RR did idiots in this country decide only young could attract young voters.

[miss marmelstein]

How has he managed to stay “relevant” so long? He’s always been jolly well wrong. (What American uses the word “jolly”?)