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<p>Sally Kohn <a href="http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=forgetting_reagan" target="_self">exposes</a> how far the GOP has drifted from their nominal idol:</p>
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<p>Basically, Reagan was a giant disappointment for  arch-conservatives.  He did little to tighten restrictions against  abortion as president and actually <a href="http://bit.ly/q0Oi7B">passed pro-choice legislation</a> as governor of California. He grew the size of the federal government  tremendously, adding 60,000 new government jobs (versus, for instance,  Bill Clinton, who <a href="http://bit.ly/oMtjij">shrank </a>government payrolls by 373,000). As governor of California, Reagan <a href="http://bit.ly/oMtjij">supported and ultimately expanded</a> Medi-Cal, which is the nation’s largest Medicaid program. Both as  governor and president, he was one of the most proactive presidents in <a href="http://bit.ly/oMtjij">restricting smog emissions and protecting wilderness</a>.   And after his press secretary was shot during an assassination attempt  against him, the president came out in support of stricter gun-control  laws.</p>
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<p>Massie, mouth agape, <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie/7224779/bush-and-reagan-on-immigration.thtml" target="_self">watches</a> Bush I and Reagan debate immigration.</p>
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