On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:57:50 +0000, NOYB wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:18:25 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

Reagan was a simple-minded fool who on rare occasions could deliver
lines someone else wrote. He mostly slept through his presidency.

I don't think I'd argue your characterization. In may have been an
accident of history, but you can't deny, there were some powerful,
lasting changes during his administration. He may not have been the
driver, but he was in the car.

20 years from now, somebody will be saying the same thing about Bush.

If there are, you aren't going to like the changes. After Nixon, the
Republican Party, and conservatism in general, were hurting, badly.
Reagan revitalized the party, and the movement, almost single-handed.
Bush is a disaster for both of those concerns. The only thing positive
for the Republicans, as it stands now, is the opposition is in such
disarray. It's possible for the Democrats to get organized, but it will
be impossible for the Republicans to run from Bush's disastrous legacy.
And, just think, he still has three years to find bottom.