Actually I'm defending Reagan, believe it or not.

In hindsight, Reagan's actions were vindicated. He was attacked from all sides just the way Obama is attacked today. It's even worse now because of the country having all the 24-hr news channels and an MTV-inspired attention span shorter than a flea's wing-beat.

People are screaming about Obama doing things that every President has done (or not done) before like it's some new horror or slight to the Republic (like the Boy Scout Jamboree idiocy). They complained about all of Reagan and Bush's vacations (both Bush Presidents for that matter).

It's the double standard that gets me.

You want to discredit Obama? Then discredit him on SUBSTANCE - not this idiotic 'fluff'. Unfortunately that would take TIME - TIME to see what the REAL "unintended consequences" of 'Obamacare' and the 'stimulus package' are going to be. It took years for Reagan's tax cuts to have their TRUE effect. Likewise we have to wait and see here as well. But we don't WANT to take the time. We just want to scream, rant and rave - claim that Obama is the antichrist (in another thread) and get our results NOW NOW NOW.