David Ortez

I admire the revisionist history employed by the far right as their most celebrated Republican president of my lifetime turns or would have turned 100. I am no fan of Reagan but I am shocked by the romanticization of this man. He is the second worst President (after W.) in contemporary American history.

He is so damn awful that his son, Ronald Reagan, Jr., is a liberal progressive that champions causes ignored by his father. I remember a Ronald Reagan who broke the Air Traffic Controllers Union, increased the Federal Budget Deficit by a staggering 3 trillion dollars, increased government spending, illegally sold arms to Iran and used the proceeds to fund death squads in Central America.

I lived under Reagan for about 4 years and I do not remember a thing. Grant it, I was born about three weeks after he was reelected to his second term. That election will remain in history because the Democrats nominated the first female Vice Presidential candidate and Reagan unleashed "Good Morning America" on the world.

I stumbled upon this political cartoon on the Internet today and I felt that I must share it with the world born outside that political time period. Enjoy and do not forget to click on the image to view a higher resolution version of the image. (Credit: David Horsey)