I never got over Reagan being elected. He seemed to be pretending to be a politician, and seemed so inept and hapless. He was lucky enough to be in office when the Soviet system collapsed, as we all agreed was inevitable for long before then. The only thing I can think of that I didn’t dislike about his administration was that when he was shot, he insisted on appearing at the window of his hospital room to help convince Americans that their president was still in operation, even though historians say doing so was pretty difficult and was advised against. Otherwise, the whole thing struck me as a bad joke.