He didn't sell out California to immigration. California and Congress did that. His amnesty was signed with promises from Tip O'Neill that legislation to harden the border would follow.
Instead, they delayed until Bush was in office and proceeded to soften the border and push for NAFTA.
As to neocons and the religious right, that's the price you pay to destroy the USSR, man. Religious conservatism is the antithesis to communism. Destroying a communist state without shooting requires a culture that is solidly religious and unafraid to support anti-communists around the world. It require massive military and deficit spending, and in case you haven't noticed, it worked. All the people shitting on Reagan 30 years late all seem to forget that part. They also tend to be people who didn't live through it, and most of them also seem to forget that the media that lied to them about Trump has been around a lot longer. Think maybe you're still being lied to about other things perhaps?
Reagan's primary failing was choosing Bush as his running mate. He could have picked anyone and still kicked the shit out of Carter, but instead he picked the Deep State's golden boy.
He didn't sell out California to immigration. California and Congress did that. His amnesty was signed with promises from Tip O'Neill that legislation to harden the border would follow.
Instead, they delayed until Bush was in office and proceeded to soften the border and push for NAFTA.
As to neocons and the religious right, that's the price you pay to destroy the USSR, man. Religious conservatism is the antithesis to communism. Destroying a communist state without shooting requires a culture that is solidly religious and unafraid to support anti-communists around the world. It require massive military and deficit spending, and in case you haven't noticed, it worked. All the people shitting on Reagan 30 years late all seem to forget that part. They also tend to be people who didn't live through it, and most of them also seem to forget that the media that lied to them about Trump has been around a lot longer. Think maybe you're still being lied to about other things perhaps?
Reagan's primary failing was choosing Bush as his running mate. He could have picked anyone and still kicked the shit out of Carter, but instead he picked the Deep State's golden boy.