Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:

SNIP

there were five objective greats: both Roosevelts,
Wilson, Johnson and Reagan. I would rank Reagan #2,
behind FDR. Normatively, I don't like much that FDR
did at all, but there is no disputing that he did it,
and changed the political landscape in fundamental,
enduring ways.

SNIP

This last comment speaks volumes about the true character of Conservatives

I'm not a conservative, I'm a libertarian.

in this country- They give FDR his due-

Oh, come off it! FDR was as vilified by the right, in
his day and for some years after his death, as Reagan
has been by the left.

or any other Commander-In-Chief for
that matter, Democrat or Republican- because of a sense of decency, honesty,
and fair play.

Excuse me?! You think hard-ass, troglodyte
conservatives give Clinton and Carter any respect at
all? I didn't particularly care for either one of
them, although I believe history will be far kinder in
the long run to Clinton than he has been treated so
far, but both of them were duly elected presidents, and
both of them are the objects of absolutely irrational
hatred by conservatives. No, conservatives do NOT give
Carter and Clinton the respect that a former duly
elected president is due.

I don't hear any of that coming from the Left. They are
conspicuous in their silence, and a few of them have the audacity to mock
and ridicule a man who dedicated his life to this country, and the world, at
the hour of his death.

Where have you seen anything like "mockery" coming from
mainstream liberal pundits and opinion makers? The
****witted comment appearing here by some guy calling
Reagan a "pig" is hardly representative.