On Conservatives Like Howard Phillips and Richard Viguerie Blasting Reagan In 1987 for Pursuing an Arms Treaty with the Soviets, Phillips Going as Far as to Call the Gipper, "a Useful Idiot for Soviet Propaganda"

This came before the neocons, and based upon lingo like this, they weren't really needed it appears.......................................................................................P.S. They also tarred Reagan with the Neville Chamberlain smear, a dandy that has long been a favorite from the war-whore's arsenal.