You pretty much nailed it: a real bastard. But you know, I don’t think he ever — or at least not for long — had the mental capacity to even grasp what he was doing. Like W., those motherfuckers around him told him which way to look and what to sign and he did it. At least W. eventually caught on, I don’t think Reagan ever did. He just spiraled down. And Nancy could have been the protype for Cruella DeVille.