oh dear, there goes that myth

[Johnny Tremain]

A veto would have meant the Ds would have fought him on every bill to fund the military and cut taxes. He compromised in an effort to improve the economy and end the USSR.

We tend to forget what it was like during the Cold War. The USSR was aggressively pursuing a imperialistic and militaristic foreign policy. They were the greatest threat to world peace and liberty. Reagan's first objective was to put an end to them.

Today our greatest threat to liberty is Obama and the D Party (really commies).

Reagan was a superb President who understood quite well why the Founding Fathers set up--specifically and deliberately--
an ADVERSARIAL relationship between the branches of govenment to FORCE compromie--the quality that is lacking in human nature.
This wisdom protects us from tyranny--and why a tyrant-wanna-be like Obama tries to do his bidding by distorting his powers of administrative directives.