Subtitle: It's Not the "Kumbayah" That Gets Things Done, Mr. Obama. It's Hard-Fought Legislation Enacted Over the Protests of "Movement Conservatives," Especially the Legislative Achievements of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990s.

Mr. Obama, get over your iconic view of Ronald Reagan's message: Reagan was a racially divisive, and socially regressive president. From the New York Timeseditorial page on March 21, 1988:

Ronald Reagan appears determined to go down in history as a President who sought actively to set back the cause of civil rights. How else can one read his veto of the four-year, bipartisan effort to restore the reach of antidiscrimination laws narrowed by a Supreme Court ruling? Congress appears to have the votes to override the veto. Decency argues for doing so, without delay. [...]

The Administration has consistently pursued a disruptive policy on civil rights, from its attempt to give tax exemptions to racially discriminatory Bob Jones University to its efforts to weaken the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ...

Yes, President Ronald Reagan fought the IRS denial of tax exemption to the racist Bob Jones University.  President Reagan also:

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Former President Bill Clinton is out on the stump, speaking of soft drinks and how they adversely affect the body. He is concerned with the rise in childhood obesity, adult on-set diabetes, and osteoporosis.  Mr. Clinton wants to do something to prevent these.

Mr. Clinton realizes conditions such as theses are more prevalent in today's society because people are drinking more soda. Scientifically there is connection between our sweet sodas and our failing health.  I offer much of this research at the conclusion of this treatise.  However, my concern goes beyond what I believe is a superficial solution to the problem.  Having been a person saturated in soda water, I think removing the culprit from our schools, may not alter the effects.  

The Former President, along with the American Heart Association, negotiated an agreement with the three largest soft-drink manufacturers. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury Schweppes, will willingly  stop selling fattening sodas and sugary drinks in American elementary and middle schools.  The companies will no longer offer the larger sized sweet beverages in the high schools.  The elder students will be able to buy diet drinks, sports beverages, and brews that are lower in calories.  The President and the producers propose, if young people have less access to the high caloric carbonated beverages, they will drink less and be healthier.  Possibly that is true; perhaps, it is not.

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