At least he did look good in a cowboy hat.

It is amazing the awe some of our clippers hold him in. During his reign by teacups, we regarded him as a bit of a joke in Australia - media included. Proof that Presidents were nothing more than a front man for the corporations.

Reagan poses as the antithesis of Roosevelt. He was the enemy of labor here at home and the friend of dictators in Latin America. He stood for corporate greed everywhere. He ran up huge deficits while enriching military contractors in order to fight a dieing giant. In his admirers' eyes, Reagan is singlehandedly responsible for peristrioka.

He was in the words of Jesse Ventura, "Another Chicken Hawk."

My take on the man was always, "Alzheimer's doesn't just sneak up on you over night".