[Hoot Gibson]

Ronald Reagan weakened unions in favor of the Big Bosses. In real numbers, the wages of the blue collars did not even begin to match the increases of the "Bring the car 'round, would you" crowd under Reagan.

Do you have any numbers to support that assertion? How did Reagan weaken private unions? Democrats controlled Congress, so what laws did he sign that weakened unions?

Also, how many blue collar workers had jobs during the Reagan years versus the Carter years? Did the high unemployment rate of the Carter years not affect both blue collar and white collar workers? Did blue collar workers not benefit from the sharp drop in mortgage rates during the Reagan years?

There is no way that anybody can make a credible argument that American citizens were better off under Carter than Reagan. No way. That kind of propaganda might not even sway Chris Matthews.