I was surprised the other day to see this op-ed on the Fox News website criticizing the contemporary mythology in conservative circles regarding Ronald Reagan's legacy. Here's the key quote:
If conservatives believe Reagan was a good president, what made him good was not his ideological rhetoric but his actions as a leader, including many moderate and even left-leaning initiatives. Coming on the heels of the liberal agenda of the 1960s and 1970s and supported by the rising Christian Right, Reagan may have seemed like an extreme conservative figure. In reality, and especially by today’s standards, he was a fairly moderate figure.
Maybe not all Fox News contributors are mindless ideologues after all.
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