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Did you use to call him Ray-gun?

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No.

Do you support a governor having a plane drop tear gas on an entire city to disrupt a protest?

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No. And I believe Mr. Reagan would cop to the mistake today. Reagan did many other actions with which I disagreed, at the time or from subsequent change of mind. But you talk about him like he was Woodrow Wilson or Jimmy Carter. And to call him dimwitted is ridiculous.

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Indeed he was one of our best-educated Presidents. The book "Reagan in his own hand" makes clear how well informed he was about the issues he would address as President.

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Quick of wit, magnanimous personality. No wonder he was so successful, even with 8 years of Dem control of House!! (But he never should have traded amnesty for whatever it was the Dems screwed him over not keeping their end of the bargain.)

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He was witty, he had good convictions, but by the end of his 2nd presidential term he was a shell of a dementia riddled man.

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Yes, his speech at the Berlin Wall is considered one of the worst, most confused speeches ever given by a President. (/sarc)

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