I looked up Garner on Wikipedia.
It seems he was a Democrat activist.
He was so radical that he refused to play one specific role unless the political affiliation of the character was changed from Republican to Democrat.

Knowing that he was that ideologically driven, it is no surprise that he could find little positive to say about Reagan.

Let's see if he can gain some traction.

I 'wasted' my last vote making a 'statement' on Ross Perot...!

This is your quote from earlier today:
"... no one is perfect, Reagan wasn't, but much better then what we have to work with...."

Now: if it comes down to Jeb vs. Hillary, why wouldn't your above proclamation get you to the polls?

I'm for Rand Paul. I think he is the only candidate who believes and understands the constitution and the limited powers the executive branch holds

I will not vote for another Bush. Period. Nor will my wife...and I think most of the country won't either. Really....is this the best the Republicans have to offer?

Garner is entitled to his opinion. As we all are....I disagree, however....and besides , no one is perfect, Reagan wasn't, but much better then what we have to work with now I'm afraid to say.

Your vote is needed...bring a barf bag!

I'm glad Jeb did good work in Florida But if it is a Clinton vs Bush in 2016 race I think I may throw up

States are handling this on an individual basis (as it should be).

Jeb got many charter schools started, in spite of the rabid attacks from the teacher's union. They have been a godsend....

Common core

I was agreeing with you comment (that was my Thumbs Up), not arguing.

And I did say 'This was the beginning to the end of the cold war...', not that the quote finished it.

Yep, brilliant!

UncommonSense, I respect your opinion, but puppet or not, I watched him stand before congress and read his book on the matter. To me, he is a hero who stood up for what was right regardless of the crap that could befall him. No different than the trials of Howard Roark or Hank Rearden in our favorite novels.

I agree, however over the course of history, rarely has any president "adlibbed." The VAST majority are speeches handed to them by speech writers, flossed, and parsed and time spent on "focus groups" to provide the least controversial messaging.
Also Reagans' "Tear down this wall" was not what won the cold war. It was won when Reagan increased our military spending by a couple percent forcing the Russians into complete insolvency trying to keep up.

I would venture a guess that you would really have to go back to Lincoln and before to find presidents that gave speeches they themselves wrote and gave.

Another insight from silenced Hiraghm:

"Yup, he made the mistake of making a deal with progressives and expecting them to hold up their end."

This happened to Reagan more than once...!

I am pasting Hiraghm's hidden comment, since I find it 'dead nuts on target':

"Yeah... a brilliant strategy.

Overcharge Iran for weapons to use against Iraq, then use he excess amount to fund the Contras that the communists in Congress wouldn't let us support in their fight against the communists of central America.

Brilliant."

P.S. Why is Hiraghm being censored? I find his input very refreshing....

Negative. Ollie is a puppet, just doing what he is told. Lt. Colonels DO NOT have that much power...ever. I've held that view since Iran-Contra broke out when I was 16. I still hold that view today, being retired military and fully understanding what O-5's are truly responsible for. Again, Ollie is, and always will be a puppet for the elite.

Ollie North is a hero.

I voted for Reagan twice and have NO apologies for doing so, whatsoever. Good leaders set the tone of their nation and his was strong and positive. The lefties hated him and still do to this day, which is a giant plus in my book! On foreign policy he bowed and apologized to no one for America's role in the world and even pressed the Russians into ending the cold war: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" and down the wall came. Eisenhower blinked to Kruschev, Kruschev blinked to JFK, everyone blinked to Reagan and the guy had a great sense of humor while doing it, too. Domestically, he inherited a mess for a country and set to work fixing it. He didn't waste his time whining, hand wringing, and blaming his predecessors. IMHO, the boom of the 90's rested on the policies he set in the 80's and we all benefited. His tax cuts, hated by the left, meant a bigger paycheck to blue collar workers, including yours truly, which allowed me to start an investment program allowing me to retire above SS beggar status (if I recall at the time the left wasn't concerned with tax cuts for the workers, they wanted more taxes so they could distribute it in the form of bigger welfare checks - glad Reagan got his way). I owe that one to the Gipper, for sure!

So, although I like Garner's acting abilities, his opinion sucks.

Reagan's most famous line,
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" was not provided to him, but adlibbed.

This was the beginning to the end of the cold war...which Reagan won.

Jeb was my governor for two terms, and I can attest to his reducing our government, and educational bureaucracy, to the point that state workers and teachers unions demonized him.