Ronald Reagan

The reason I consider myself a Republican these days (although that is quickly changing) is because of Ronald Reagan. Being born in 74, I pretty much became sentient during the Reagan Years (a.k.a. the 80s) Times were good from my perspective. The Red Menace was wiped away, the economy recovered from high inflation, and music got sooo much better. Needless to say I have a fondness for the former President. In the last few days, I have had more than a few people say "oh i am so saddened by him dying" People on the news, bawling their eyes out because he had passed. Ronald Reagan was 93 years old. I believe that is like 15 years pass the national average. The man was old, old people die, it is a fact of life. The saddening thing, is that he lived out those 15 years with a debilitating disease, Alzhiemer's. The man spent most of his life in the public eye, governor and president. He deserved better than that.