2004 and beyond.....

[M]

Welcome to the forum! Trent Lott would be a decidedly bad choice as VP. Cheney is a good man, but I think we need to have Bush's political heir apparent on the ticket, hopefully Rudy. And I agree, Rudi-Condi would be an unstoppable ticket.

[M]

You know, Hannity is fantastic on TV and radio, but the book was boring. Coulter was very entertaining, but she says some ridiculous things.

Reagan did not win the two greatest landslides in history. Washington was unanimous- twice- and one other early one, I think it was Monroe, would have been unanimous but one elector switched his vote so only Washington would be unanimous. '84 was the best in modern history, but '80 was smaller than '72, '36, and perhaps '64. (Correction- '80 was 3 electoral votes bigger ;andslide than '64.) Also, electoral success does not necessarily mean greatness. Look at Nixon.

All that being saig, I think Reagan was a great president, bu not as good as, at the least, Washington and Lincoln. I do think he was our best post-World War president.

[M]

I hardly think I turned on you by pointing out that Reagan simply did not factually, historically, provably win the greatest landslides in history. '84 was very impressive. So was '80. But they are not what they aren't.

[M]

No, it would not. Washington and Monroe (?) got higher percentages, just using totals is arbitrary and ridiculous.

I am a Reagan fan myself. But I am also a fan of historical accuracy.

[M]

I'd say both the Bush and Clinton nemesii are temporary things. Republicans also hated Carter, and dems Nixon. FDR and Reagan are both on their way to being truly national great American historical figures. In my mind, both are among the greatest presidents in history. I do not think Bush should be judged yet. Clinton has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.

GOPers did not really hate FDR in 20 years until Treason. I for one am sorry about that. So he wasn't perfect and trusted Stalin too much. He did save the nation from destruction twice. Not every prez can say that. I'd say the figure who at least used to dominate that party was Kennedy. But Kennedy has been used to explain a ridiculous variety of platforms. He was actually from the same political school as his friend Scoop Jackson and now Joe Lieberman, a hawk in any case where we could promote democracy. The fact that Ted Kennedy and Sen. JFK (D-MA) claim to be Kennedylike is preposterous. Teddy actually voices support for the PLO terrorists who murdered his brother! How sick can you get?