I don't know that invoking Reagan's name works any more.lenny, reagan's 11th commandment might prevent your partisans from reminding you. "only democrats, not freedom loving republicans, want authoritarianism.;
if you want "the trappings of an authoritarian" you are always required to say "but the democrats want it more,."
He was too soft. This is what they've been waiting for: An American Pinochet with some phony Christianity tossed in.
Reagan was just a warmup. Or, more appropriately, an opening act.