Why do US Conservatives think Ronald Reagan was so great?

My Mother always said about Reagan, "The Presidency was the greatest role he ever had as an actor". I lied Reagan. He was much better than his opposition of Carter groupies. He made some huge mistakes but always tried to fix them. He hiked taxes well over 6 times to try to get the deficits he created down. So, he never was irresponsible like Bush was the past 8 years. He was a civil leader. Unfortunately, the Reagan administration was the last civil administration this country has lived through. Anyway, you're right, he wasn't so great. Russia fell apart mostly because they were broke. The ten year war they fought against Afghanistan broke their backs and that was in large part due to President Carter allowing the CIA to train Afghan fighters how to use our weapon systems. Reagan happened to be the guy in power to benefit from this collapse. So, he just acted the part. It was just good timing. Reagan wasn't great but he was honorable.