banderl wrote:I know that you don't like to be quoted, so I didn't. This is in reply to the book that you posted above concerning Raygun.
Are you implying that he was a lying POS and that this country would have been much better off if Hinkley had been a better shot?
I can't imagine ever wanting anyone to be shot dead.
I do believe that people at that time who wanted his policies to be right helped create the teflon president image. they refused to believe what they could see. They loved the tough John Wayne type cowboy talk after what felt like a less than macho 4 years of Carter.
They believe he scared Russia into "taking down that wall" when in fact he spent them into the poorhouse militarily. I've already covered the money being loaned out capriciously that then trickled up with interest.
Face it, would any other president NOT be ridiculed if he/she said to Congress "I don't recall" about a renegade arms dealer living in the basement of the White House? Or blowing up checks and balances?
However, no administration is all good or all bad, his was not an exception.
