Why do Republicans worship Ronald Reagan ??

[Iggy]

21. Co/uple of Things

why do clownservatives worship grandpa ronny?

1.) the guy was really, really dumb. him getting elected proved to the GOP/wealthy class they could
run just about anyone with a pulse, GOP voters would vote for him. this of course set the stage for W... who
Gore Vidal termed the most ignorant man to ever hold the office. you see where that got us: massive theft
of the U.S. Treasury and _two_ stupid wars of choice

2.) grandpa ronny was huge supporter of the MIC and advocate of American exceptionalism/colonialism. steal
important commodities from brown/black skinned peoples-- sell at high profit level in U.S.

clownservative support of Reagan is somewhat of a surprise(?) given THIS:

It is absolutely true that Ronald Reagan is the most influential President in the 20th Century after FDR. And its true that Reagan died a Republican. But did you know that Ronald Reagan was in fact a LIBERAL for thirty years of his life? I’m certain many of my Republican readers are hyperventilating at this point, probably asking themselves how I can say such a thing about their hero. But the fact remains that Reagan was a liberal and that liberalism influenced some of what Reagan did during his presidency between 1981 and 1989.

Ronald Reagan, the hero of most conservatives today, was a liberal between 1932 and 1962 at the height of liberalism in America. He strongly supported FDR, arguably the most liberal President in American history, and the New Deal policies of the era, including Social Security. Reagan not only supported FDR, he admired the man too. How many conservatives today would say they admire FDR? The answer is zero, but “The Gipper” did.

In the 1940′s, the actor became an active union member. First elected to the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild in 1941, he would return from his World War II service and become its Vice President in 1946 and would subsequently be elected President of the Guild in 1947 and would serve in that position through 1952 and once more in 1959. Reagan’s leadership of the Screen Actor’s Guild carried it through eventful years that were marked by labor disputes, the Taft-Hartley Act, the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings and the Hollywood blacklist era. Reagan had always been a strong supporter of unions and was still a strong supporter of unions during his Presidency. Its true that Reagan stood up to the Air Traffic Controllers union when they went on strike, but he didn’t do it because he hated unions. On the contrary, Reagan fired the Air Traffic Controllers because they had violated the law which states that federal workers are not allowed to go on strike. As further proof that Reagan strongly supported unions, I would point out that Reagan supported the Polish labor union Solidarity in its fight against Soviet domination. So Reagan would most certainly disagree with Republican attempts to destroy unions.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/06/27/reagan-the-liberal/