McClintock's Amensia: Dukakis Debated Reagan?

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Despite his right-wing wack job politics, State Sen. Tom McClintock has always been a media darling. Most reporters think he's smart and principled. But this lastest rambling -- a near-endorsement of Fred Thompson for President -- has got to make you wonder what planet McClintock really is on.
 
In it, he talks about how "Reagan bombed in his first debate with Dukakis." Oh really? Earth to Tom: Reagan didn't debate Dukakis.
 
Read it for yourself:

Notes On California: Could This Be The One...
Sen. Tom McClintock

I haven’t been the least bit enthusiastic about a Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984 -- and that’s a long time to go without that lov’n feeling. I’ve tried dating around the current crop of candidates, but it’s been one disappointing evening after another: the most articulate are the least principled, while the most principled have been the least articulate.