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Destroying Lies: Reagan DID Campaign for Gerald Ford In 1976.
YouTube ^ | 7/21/2016 | By Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 07/21/2016 5:56:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz

Lately I have seen a lie circulated by the left, and by people still enamored by Ted Cruz: That Reagan neither endorsed Ford at the Convention, nor went on to endorse him later.

I present to you proof that the latter is simply a lie.

Reagan for Ford ad '76


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1976; 2016rncconvention; cruz; ford; reagan
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If I, a very unskilled researcher could find that, why not people who claim to be skilled?
1 posted on 07/21/2016 5:56:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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2 posted on 07/21/2016 5:59:17 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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Here is an example of the lie, propagated:

According to leading Reagan author and historian Craig Shirley, Ronald Reagan not only did not endorse Gerald Ford, who performed dirty tricks against him that paled in comparison to the ones used by Donald Trump against Ted Cruz, but Reagan also didn’t campaign for Ford.

Apparently the 'leading Reagan author and historian' Craig Shirley, is unfamiliar with www.google.com.

3 posted on 07/21/2016 5:59:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (With Cruz's 2016 Convention speech, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are now solid allies.)
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So Mark Levin was mistaken or lying?


4 posted on 07/21/2016 6:00:43 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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Mistaken or lying, or an unskilled researcher.


5 posted on 07/21/2016 6:01:34 PM PDT by Lazamataz (With Cruz's 2016 Convention speech, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are now solid allies.)
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Here’s another. Reagan and Nancy join Ford on the stage at the 1976 Republican Convention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=356&v=zbvIo9Lebrc


6 posted on 07/21/2016 6:01:55 PM PDT by Red Steel
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...f I, a very unskilled researcher could find that, why not people who claim to be skilled?...

Because they know they are lying...lying liars like lying Ted. Sick.


7 posted on 07/21/2016 6:02:11 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Red Steel
Time to push back with solid facts.

Cruz will NOT be joining Trump on stage.

8 posted on 07/21/2016 6:03:51 PM PDT by Lazamataz (With Cruz's 2016 Convention speech, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are now solid allies.)
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To: Lazamataz

An ad is not campaigning for, so I suspect the Truth might be somewhere in the middle.


9 posted on 07/21/2016 6:04:37 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: MNDude

Lying like when he says Cruz is eligible.


10 posted on 07/21/2016 6:04:45 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Lazamataz

“Lately I have seen a lie circulated by the left, and by people still enamored by Ted Cruz:”

It’s funny that Cruzers and dems are spinning the same story.


11 posted on 07/21/2016 6:04:47 PM PDT by JPJones ( You can't help the working class by paying the non-working class.)
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The are both equally worthless.


12 posted on 07/21/2016 6:05:45 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: Lazamataz

Of course he did.
People on the ‘net will believe anything - if it’s what they want to hear.


13 posted on 07/21/2016 6:07:12 PM PDT by citizen (Sanctuary cities: Illegals move in for free stuff, residents move out b/c they can't pay the taxes.)
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bfl


14 posted on 07/21/2016 6:08:53 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Lazamataz

Great find, Laz. Let’s bury the bass turds under their own lies. When Laura told the media whoredom to do their job, she didn’t mean keep lying and twisting and spinning for the leftist oligarchy wanting America DEAD. But of course the slobbering over Xruz all day shows they still don’t get it. We the People hate them.


15 posted on 07/21/2016 6:11:26 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: Lazamataz

It is not just the MSM who use lies and fabrications to fit their desired narrative. Many bloggers and talkshow hosts slant and twist data to fit their desired narrative, too.


16 posted on 07/21/2016 6:11:33 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Red Steel

I just watched that convention speech. It was clearly an endorsement of voting Republican and not Democratic in 1976.

He did not spend any time talking about Gerald Ford, truly, but it was clearly a wholehearted endorsement of the Republican platform and the need to vote for the Republican candidate.


17 posted on 07/21/2016 6:11:57 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Lazamataz

On my office wall I have a ticket to “Breakfast with the Honorable Bob Dole ... 7:30 AM Saturday, October 2, 1976 ... Donation $7.00 Sponsored by the New Haven Republican Town Committee”. I was 13.

While Bob Dole was the titular headliner, we were all there to see Ronald Reagan. I have his autgraph on the invitation, along with Dole’s, as my Uncle Gabe grabbed my hand as Reagan was sneaking out and ran me past the Secret Service guys.

While I don’t remember the exact verbiage of Governor Reagan’s speech, and Dole’s even less, I do remember it being a blistering attack on the Democrats. I do not remember Ford being singled out, but I do recall Reagan promoting ALL the Republicans, and Republican and conservative values.

No one in the room muttered anything about Ford being ignored, and Connecticut, even then, was as much RINO, white shoe country club Republican as it got.

If Reagan didn’t explicitly say Ford, he sure didn’t mind raising money on the circuit that benefited the Ford campaign, as the down ticket was not addressed at the breakfast.


18 posted on 07/21/2016 6:12:38 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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Great find, Laz.

Thank you sir. Every now and again I'm mildly useful around here. :)

19 posted on 07/21/2016 6:12:44 PM PDT by Lazamataz (With Cruz's 2016 Convention speech, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are now solid allies.)
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It doesn’t matter man, these people are freakin kooks!


20 posted on 07/21/2016 6:13:17 PM PDT by The Toll
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