Reply #55: I remember, vaguely, the Reagan years [View All]

but this whole notion of what that time in America was like is besides the point. NOBODY here likes Reagan.

I'm sure Obama didn't find his presidency positive. He was talking about the effect it had and how it changed America.

I don't need to have lived through the whole time to understand the point Obama was making. He could have used FDR as an example too, but he didn't, because that would have little political value.

If it helps him get votes from Democrats who respected Reagan, what's the harm? He didn't praise anything specific about Reagan. In fact, he didn't "praise" him at all.

It's like a Republican saying that FDR was an iconic figure. Republicans might hate what FDR did, because they favor small government, but they can't deny that he's an iconic figure.

And likewise, Democrats can't argue that Reagan didn't transform America, or have a huge effect on it. Much moreso than Nixon or Clinton did.