More Mythbusting

From 2Millionth Web Log

Phil Nugent links to a Matthew Dallek article in The American Scholar.

However, the mythology is so deeply entrenched in the public and political psyche that I don't know if this sort of sober analysis can even gain a foothold. Any attempt to bring Reagan down to size is instantly met with howls of protests from the ever present noise machine. It also didn't help that especially DLC'ers were either silent, or worse, actively embraced the myth (e.g. "the era of big government is over") when it was embedded in the national conscience.