Now it looks like I may have retracted yesterday’s piece about Obama too soon. Turns out he did use the quoted phrases about Reagan. You can judge for yourself by watching this video clip, which unfortunately is not something I can post here.
It can certainly be argued that Obama was not endorsing Reagan, or implying that he was a good president. Nonetheless, he slipped far too easily into the standard GOP narrative about the man. I can agree that the 80s were transformative years, though I doubt Reagan would have won a state had he been forthright about his real agenda for change. He was a snake oil salesman, something he learned to do while he was working for GE and, yet again, after he took over for the old Ranger and sold 20 mule team borax on Death Valley Days.
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