The most overrated President in our history, by far. Yet, he's only overrated by those mental retards on the right side of the political fence. Everyone else, the majority, were clued in long ago. He was the nozzle who had the opportunity, coming along at a unique moment in time, to turn this country around and lay down a solid blueprint for the continued success and prosperity of the nation. The issues that needed to be addressed were obvious, and the proper strategies to be employed were hardly rocket science, but this dimwit, and his so-called "advisors," deigned not to do the right thing for the benefit of the commonweal, but rather ardently followed flawed philosophy and clueless ideology to set policy that has had an enduring, onerous effect on the quality of life in America. Yet, the noodlebrained drooling righties still think this guy was the greatest thing since Joe McCarthy and the birth of the John Birch Society. In 1980, the stressing needs of this country were, in no particular order: (1) a retooling of American industry and a re-training of its workers, (2) more emphasis on consumer-oriented research and development, (3) retiring the debt incurred during that useless exercise in futility called the Viet Nam war, (4) upgrading of the national infrastructure, (5) improving public education, (6) addressing the gathering threat from the nations of Islam and (7) considering the accelerating costs of health care. Despite the fact that he was in the position and had the resources to address these issues, the Great Fornicator chose to do the following: (1) stamp out what still remained of the already-eviscerated labor movement, (2) engage in a major-scale military build-up that was mostly unneeded, (3) focus on the rapidly-changing Soviet Union as our prime enemy when the real threat was elsewhere, (4) put forth the ridiculous notion of trade agreements that, at best, would benefit only the corporations, and at the very least, would leave the workers/consumers high and dry, (5) engage in dangerous sabre-rattling against the USSR, (6) totally abandon the idea of a balanced federal budget, (7) emphasize the need for short-term corporate profits over prudently-planned long-term growth, and, (8) needlessly cut taxes at a time of increased government spending. Wrong on all counts.  I could go on...