Barack Obama

Mea culpa: I'm going to disagree somewhat. We had to evacuate the building several times owing to bomb threats after the Kent State shootings in 1970. Reagan sent the Natl Guard to the campus after the Vietnam war escalation. He did that and other things that harmed the social fabric of CA. (It was Prop 13 that hurt CA beyond meausre). HE SIGNED LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING UNIONS. But as much as I disliked Reagan as governor, I voted for him twice for president in part because he helped the union movement in CA. Long story short, i was very mistaken.

I'd no idea that he was controlled by ideologues. But those that followed him were worse. Reagan pulled Marines out of Lebanon. It was Cheney and Rumsfeld who promoted war in the Middle East. I suspect his Alzheimer's made it easy for them, along with Papa Bush, to promote war. Clinton tried to avoid war. Obama is working with the world to take us off this decades long war path.

I volunteered to help elect Obama in 2008. Watching the rise of the Tea Party owing to blatant lies about Obama's goals has been truly sickening. All the more reason to appreciate him and his family for fighting for us and not send the few to give their lives for the wars and the war chest of Chickenhawks Inc.