Reply #23: so are you saying [View All]

[THUNDER HANDS]

that Reagan wasn't skilled as a communicator? Funny how he got termed with the nickname "The Great Communicator" then.

I'm not sure about the excesses of the 60s and 70s or what that's referring to, so I can't comment on that.

His ability to read what people were ready for seems accurate - I mean, he did win his election, right?

And America does long for order. We like the trash picked up three days a week. We like the trains to run on time. We like the police and fire departments to be there when we need them. That's order.

Traditional values, as to that, those could be defined in a number of ways - none of them having to belong excusively to Republicans.