On the campaign trail, Ron Paul has been talking about his support for Ronald Reagan.

But not long after Reagan became president, Ron Paul turned against him.  He called the administration “a dramatic failure.”  In his 1988 book, he attacked the administration’s economic and foreign policy.  A sample:

The U.S. policy toward Libya further confirms our irrational foreign policy. Under Reagan we have been determined to pick a fight with Khadafi, defying him with naval and air maneuvers in the Gulf of Sidra. As we try to emphasize our right to navigate in international waters near Libya, we totally reject the territorial waters of Nicaragua by mining their harbors. The World Court rulings against the U.S. were ignored by the Reagan Administration, yet the President insists that international law is legitimate in the Gulf of Sidra. The most important point, however, is that the Gulf of Sidra has nothing to do with U.S. security.

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