There is no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan's policies led me down the road of conservatism. I came of age during his first election and he truly inspired me to learn more about America and the idea that no one needs to be force fed the mentality that you need the government to survive. The view that America is always wrong and everything is always inevitably America's fault (a notion that seems to always lurk in the far left ideology) was crushed during President Reagans tenure, and thankfully has never been given credibility again (by most anyway).
