No Perfect Candidates; No Perfect Presidents

[Adam's Apple]

The Use and Abuse of Reagan
By Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics
January 17, 2008

...Ronald Reagan has been beatified into some sort of saint, as if he were above the petty lapses and contradictions of today's candidates. The result is that conservatives are losing sight of Reagan the man while placing unrealistic requirements of perfection on his would-be successors.

for full article:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/01/the_use_and_abuse_of_reagan.html

 

[JimH52]

Good read and the article didn't even mention the Contra incident. Reagon was near impeachment there. His "I can't remember" gave him a way out. Maybe it was the beginning of the disease that finally took his life.