The Reagan Myth
Over the last decade, many in the GOP have created this myth of Ronald Reagan as the savior of the United States and American way of life after the Vietnam Era, high inflation, high unemployment and the gas shortage. From this, he has become the embodiment of the Republican Party. For every Republican I can think of, Ronald Reagan is their role model. Is their image of Ronald Reagan accurate ? Unfortunately, this is a false image as history has proven…should you dare to challenge the status quo. It is worthwhile to find out how images are created. More importantly, how false images come into being. Many Americans have grown up accepting, with little question, certain images as accurate portraits of public figures. As a historian, it is my duty to question whether or not these images are true to the original. Because of the spotlight that is centered on their every move, presidents seem to fall perfectly into this category. Popul...