SFBG Radio: Why is Reagan still an icon?

Pub date January 21, 2011
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

In Republican land, Ronald Reagan is still such an icon that when his son’s book raises questions about whether he was mentally competant to be president, the GOP squawk machine goes into overdrive. But as Johnny and Tim discuss on today’s show, Reagan wouldn’t get elected to anything in today’s Republican Party — he raised taxes. 

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