**** Reagan

[SVPete]

Good points all!
A couple more to add:
1. The 80s were the decade I was born in.
2. The 80s produced a lot of truly awesome movies of all genres, many of which would be on at least my top 30 list of all- time favorite movies (i.e. The last two original 'Star Wars' movies, the first three 'Indiana Jones' movies, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'The Goonies,' 'Gremlins,' 'Back to the Future,' 'The Lost Boys,' 'The Princess Bride,' 'Aliens,' 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Poltergeist,' shall I go on?).
The 80's were one of the best decades around, and having a competent president in the White House certainly helped with that.

Reagan understood something not many Rs and pretty much zero Ds understand: much of the time government's best role is to keep the streets clean and in good repair (literally and metaphorically) and otherwise not obstruct good people from doing their daily good stuff.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Star Member madokie (46,839 posts)
17. I've not liked the sob since his 20 mule team days. Always came across as a phony to me. My dad loved him btw.

DU paradigm in a nutshell.  "My successful parents liked this, but when I failed in life, I decided I hate them and everything that reminds of them."

[SVPete]

DU paradigm in a nutshell.  "My successful parents liked this, but when I failed in life, I decided I hate them and everything that reminds of them."

Given that Reagan worked on the "Death Valley Days" TV show in the mid-1960s, DU-member "madokie" would have to be at least 60ish to have memories of the show. 4 or 5 or ?? decades of failure (or being marginal) in life is a lot of failure, and a lot of nurtured anger and hatred. I'm not contradicting your point, just pointing out the duration of its scope. Time and energy invested in hatred usually yields terrible and unhealthy dividends (case-in-point, TMN, one of DU's more notable soul-train-wrecks).