Reply #8: They will peddle it all the way to the White House if we are not careful.

[Bonobo]

In the end, a myth is just a myth. A symbol just a symbol.

They are like mirrors and people see what they want to see when they gaze into them.

A smart politician, a smart leader, uses symbols effectively to reach people.

So what Reagan means to YOU is not as important as it what he means to EACH PERSON.

If Reagan made people feel hope, pride and optimism, it is a good thing to evoke THAT aspect of his memory as a symbol of what we all want to feel about our country, about our fellow americans.

SOME OF US WANT VERY MUCH TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY AGAIN!!

THAT is what Obama was appealing to. Bravo.

You will NOT find someone who persoanlly despised the Reagain presidency more than this Bonobo. But it is irrelevant to this discussion.

You are just using the issue to make hay and diminishing your own reputations for fairness and clear-mindedness in the process.