Spice, how are you doing?
As for Ronnie, look buddy, I have not been that hard on him at all you may have noticed.
Yes, he did a lot of good. Not knocking it. He did (IMHO) a lot of bad. And I really haven't pushed that either. Like most folks, he's grey. I don't know of a single conservative nor a single liberal nor a single "middle of the road" pol who was perfect or who was 100% this or that.
I give Reagan his due on the things that he did right. (No pun there on the word Right, btw! hehe)
I agree his lavish spending and arms build up was the right idea at the time and that aggressive policy caused the end of the Cold War. (I also agree it was one of the most frightening times I can remember, when sometimes the rheteroic on all sides was so hot it seemed we might be on the brink of nuclear war.)
I also agree the man had balls and right or wrong he made tough decisions others wouldn't and he kept to his guns. I respect him for that.
I'm not going to say I loved every decision he made. He left us some good things and some bad in his legacy. I'm all for focusing on the good. But I'm not going to be deluded into thinking he was perfect, nor will I ignore the bad.
Isn't that fair? If not, tough beans.
06-07-2004
Hybrid Mode
