Guardian limns a new Showtime Docu-series re 'They created a false image': how the Reagans fooled America

Ever since Richard Nixon’s sweaty upper lip during a debate with John F Kennedy cost him the election in 1960, television has been the most crucial proving ground for any presidential hopeful. Granting the gift of sight to the general public changed the game, as campaigners and office-holders have been forced to school themselves in careful image management and conscious branding. In American politics, a well-crafted position on foreign policy won’t get a person nearly as far as the easy telegenic charm that makes voters feel comfortable grabbing a pint, a dissonance that’s allowed some dubious characters access to the highest stations of authority.

The Reagans, a new four-part documentary airing on Showtime, pinpoints this flair for PR as the genesis of Ronald Reagan’s swift rise in government and the secret to his administration’s sweeping popularity within the Republican party. The 40th commander-in-chief and his first lady, Nancy Reagan, exercised a then-unprecedented degree of control over how they were seen, and for it, they were anointed as the new saviors of the rightwing way of life during their stint in the White House during the ‘80s. “More than any modern president, the myth-making around Ronald and Nancy Reagan has been extensive and effective,” series director Matt Tyrnauer tells the Guardian from his home in Los Angeles. “They created a false image that doesn’t conform with reality, one that is only now being fully examined.”

Loved that last line.. ... we Gots to remain alert for the regular surfacing of gobble-de-Gook as is certain, next.
(While someone finds a Way to decimate the #Guns-per-unstable assassins).
Someone.. Anyone!? Make it So. Start: kill all the hangouts; add signs: NO GUNS permitted within this venue.
You didn't need those who shall turn away in high dudgeon--you may have Saved a Cashier's LIFE.

We're Soooo Fucked, we are. (Lost a few 'friends' wayback, upon learning these had Voted-in Ronnie) :-/
And these were 'literate' folk w/edja-Kay-shuns, to boot.