that's a bummer. he seems to be the only current or former U.S. President who isn't playing politician 100% of the time. You'd at least get to hear something interesting, instead of a guy who just parrots crap from the editorial pages of the NYT, WSJ, and WaPo.
as far as the crap he gets for being a one-term president, I think what happened
after he left office is telling of why that was
"Reagan significantly increased public expenditures, primarily the Department of Defense, which rose (in constant 2000 dollars) from $267.1 billion in 1980 (4.9% of GDP and 22.7% of public expenditure) to $393.1 billion in 1988 (5.8% of GDP and 27.3% of public expenditure); most of those years military spending was about 6% of GDP, exceeding this number in 4 different years. All these numbers had not been seen since the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973."
Carter wasn't keeping the wheels greased, man!
they gave Reagan all those choice soundbites: "
A Recession is when you lose your job... a recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."
Public: "
DUUUURRRR GOod oNe!!! I'm votin' for that guy!"
idiots.