Read the entire article if you want thew truth about Reagan. He enabled and funded war criminals, among other lovely things.

An Apology

During a visit to Central America, on March 10, 1999, President Clinton apologized for the past U.S. support of right-wing regimes in Guatemala.

"For the United States, it is important that I state clearly that support for military forces and intelligence units which engaged in violence and widespread repression was wrong, and the United States must not repeat that mistake," Clinton said.

But the story of the Reagan-backed genocide of the Mayan Indians was quickly forgotten, as Republicans and the Washington press corps wrapped Reagan's legacy in a fuzzy blanket of heroic mythology.

Now, as Sen. Obama seeks to portray himself as a new kind of post-partisan politician, he seems to be buying into those old comfortable happy thoughts about Ronald Reagan. To the delight of right-wingers like Patrick Buchanan, Obama is paying deference to the

Obama did not endorse the policies of Reagan. Listen to his statement in entirety. Don't buy into the spin.

In 1980 people were definitely looking for something different as the U.S. was experiencing a major period of inflation and negativity over the Iran Hostage situation. The U.S. was taken on a major trajectory change by voting for Reagan. Obama never said it was for the better, just that it happened.

I read the whole thing and I didn't buy the spin, Bobby, but it was still a stupid thing for him to say in the heat of a campaign. And I don't like Obama's stance on a big Military. Very Clinton-esque.
But I didn't really clip that for Obama's mistake, I clipped because of the complete litany of Raygun's brutal enabling of right-wing Dictators and Generals and exporting of arms. Shameless Old bastard is responsible for a lot of deaths!

YES! Spot on accurate! Thanks for sharing that--I love ZNET and ZMAG, but somehow i missed the cartoons!