Uhhh, not really, no. At least, not in the manner you seem to imply.
You're probably a 90s kid then, at least. I'm a child of the 80s. "Reagan Democrats", anyone?
And how did Reagan appeal to his alleged "Reagan Democrats"? Race hatred dressed up as a lunatic crime policy, hyper-aggressive and incredibly juvenile foreign policy, school-yard insults and the occasional joke. Oh, and the lies of course. A crucial part of any criminal's arsenal.
Eg:
Easily one of the least honest speeches made by any president at any time ever. Of course, even Republicans had abandoned him by 1987, so it was in vain.
Not exactly a broad audience, is what I'm saying.
Fixed that for ya.
What'd I do wrong?
Remove the "s" after the http.
Also, your viewpoint is not entirely accurate.
"Racist crime policy"? Well, I have to give you credit here, you're half right. It's true that the "tough on crime" policies discriminated against black people, but it wasn't for the reasons you seem to think. Back then, it was common rhetoric among African-Americans that the government was willing to let them kill each other off. After all, most crime committed by black people is against other blacks. That's just the rule of demographics. This was intended to put black criminals away in order to help African-American communities. I agree that these policies are outdated and should be reexamined, but they weren't intended to keep the black man down.
"Terrible foreign policy"? Yeah, because Carter's was so great. I don't agree with everything Reagan did, but his foreign policy played a large part in ending the Cold War.
"Insults and jokes"? What politician doesn't do that?
I also have to concede your point on Iran-Contra. Even if he wasn't involved, it was still partly his fault for not keeping track of his own house. However, the same could be said about Obama.
Reagan was not perfect by any means. He had flaws, he made mistakes, and a number of the things he did had negative long-term consequences. However, he was far from the President Evil you seem to think he was.
Anyway, back on topic:
