Nothing to read here, move along

Nothing but a short rant, apropos of nothing (I guess I just finally heard this bit of GOP rubbish once too often — I shall address it here and now and we shall then consider the matter settled). Ahem:

Ronald Reagan did not “win” the Cold War.

He was, at best, the closer. He came into the game in the 9th inning with a slim lead, walked the tying run on 4 wild pitches, then intentionally threw at the head of the go-ahead run. After balking both runners into scoring position, he finally managed to get the last out, thanks largely to a series of boneheaded baserunning errors by the other team.

The fact that Reagan was in office when the Soviet Union collapsed under its own weight does not make him a great president, any more than the Tigers' collapse in last year's Series makes Jeff Weaver a great pitcher.

End of story.