Folks are now beginning to figure out how badly the weenies at CBS caved into the Reaganauts, after the cancellation of a docudrama about the 40th president. The made-for-TV movie gave Reagan credit for winning the Cold War, restoring the economy, inspiring an entire nation and cracking down on terrorists, while ignoring the running up huge deficits or the selling arms to the contras. But nevermind; this apparently just wasn't complimentary enough for the diehards determined to rewrite the Reagan presidency with the eraser end of the pencil.
Bill Press at WorldNetDaily.com writes:
In his movie "Nixon," Oliver Stone portrayed the 37th president as a mean, ugly drunk. Where were the protests? In "JFK," Stone showed LBJ plotting the assassination of President Kennedy. Where were the protests? There weren't any, because everybody understood: These were movies. Moviemakers are free to exercise their artistic license. Or used to be, until they set their sights on Ronald Reagan.Or for that matter, the truth.
But now we know the new rules: You can say anything you want about John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon or Lyndon Johnson. You can even make up lies about Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Just don't touch Ronald Reagan.
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