here's the deal, iom
Reagan's death made world news [and coverage] for over a week
it culminated in an awesome and yes, heart-rendering service and burial
visually beautiful, very moving, very American
accolades were heaped on Reagan
it all rubbed off positively for the Republicans
it's just the way it happened
non-republicans, anti-repubs, are trying to disrupt all that positive energy
it's how they're doing it that is ugly - ragging on the man, Reagan, his personal mistakes, his personal life - along with blowing out of proportion the rhetoric
for he did 'tear' down that wall - and that alone is probably the biggest best brightest thing that happened in the last half of the 20th century
he did it and he was republican
for me? that erases any mistakes he made along the way
and he made them, every politician does - and you can find them, specially when you want to pick apart his every word, move and action to be used in a negative light |
