>For the whole eight long -- looooooong -- years of his reign, I was
>constantly mystified by the adulation showered on that sucker by (it
>seemed) nearly the entire country.
But, as Rick Perlstein pointed out on my radio show yesterday, the myth of Reagan's popularity is a successful creation of that vast right-wing conspiracy. His approval ratings were virtually identical to Clinton's. Lots of people hated him. Don't concede his vast popularity - it's a lie.
Doug