Right, really respectful. Newsflash, Reagan has only begun very recently (well after he was out of office, let's see, THREE presidents later) begun exhibiting characteristics of Alzheimer's.
I don't know about that. He certainly couldn't recall much during the Iran-Contra hearings.
Back in my JW days when Reagan was president, I liked him. But I was one of those right-wing conservatives myself - as promoted by ideals in my religion. You know, not charitable, uncaring for other classes of people, and unable to understand the hardships others go through, elitist, always thinking I had the solution for everyone. Thinking everyone had to follow my world view and if they didn't, they were somehow deficient and deserving any hardships they faced. Right-wing in a nutshell.
When I saw documentaries about the peace movement, I changed my mind about Reagan. The films showed peaceful student anti-Viet Nam demonstrations at UC-Berkely. In the documentary, they were filming Reagan (then CA govenor) discussing the protests with advisors. He certainly was hot. You could see he wasn't going to stand for peaceful free speech if it was against the right-wing agenda. And he ordered force to stop the protests. The crowd ended up being tear gassed. What an asshole!
And as for conservative celebrities, I've heard of plenty of celebrities coming out in favor of the president and the Iraq war. The difference in me as a liberal is I don't bash them for it. I don't feel a need to punish them or boycott their work. I don't post what they said on message boards and try to get others to bash them for their pro-administration comments. I don't call their education into question. It certainly says something about a level of maturity of some conservatives that they feel they have to bash or punish these people who don't agree with them or call them un-American
And I'd much rather have celebrities voicing mere opinions, where it's not as important whether they're fully informed or not or whether they're right or wrong. You can agree or disagree. It doesn't really harm anybody. But when celebrities start running for major offices with no real qualifications, where their opinions and decisions can actually affect millions of lives, it gets pretty scary. Especially when they are celebrities with a knack for being charming and winning votes, but have no real qualifications for the job. Run for a city council member position first or a mayor. If you can't handle it at least you don't do as much damage. If you can, then go for higher positions.
