Trump’s coarse, celebrity, Twitter-talk was tailor made for this era, just as Reagan’s “morning in America” was for his and Lincoln’s for his. Times change. 16 other GOP candidates mastered this.
Ronald Reagan - Ronaldus Magnus
Donald Trump - Donaldus Magnus
I've pinged the other guy to not respond either.
Sounds good to me, objective and accurate.
Yes. And, bigly!
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I typo’d ‘coarser’ into ‘courser’, transforming the thought from an age of vitriol and vulgarity, to an age of swift horses!
Paul Ryan is saying that there won’t be any deportation.
The Traitors are already organizing.
I agree with your assessment, although Trump faced and defeated longer odds. The Carter camp, while wrong headed in crucial ways, was at least American for the most part (setting aside Zbignew B-ski), and Trump took on pretty much the entire world excepting Israel, Russia and the very thin line of European patriots. Carter was inept. Clinton is utterly corrupt. Trump defeated a bigger and more malicious beast. A lawless and murderous beast. Carter, whatever his deficiencies, was not like that.
And yes, Trump is a buffet moderate. I could relax more with Reagan, as we knew his mind. Trump is more unpredictable. I think that will lessen as time goes by and Trump becomes President Trump. The only thing he has left to prove is a magnificent presidency, and I think he will be driven to do that. Weeds may grow on the golf courses, and we will see the first truly diligent, savvy, America first POTUS administration sine January 19, 1989.
I think Trump is more cynical than Reagan. Reagan was not naive, but he did actively seek to see the best in people. Trump sees them as they are. If they want to show their best face, they had better demonstrate their best behavior.
Trump will distrust, verify, and lock down. I don’t see a mewling, smirking George Herbert Walker Bush analog sliding up through the Bohemian Grove on the Trump’s flank without Trump being keenly aware, and ready to neutralize at the opportune time. There is a superficial semblance of that comparison between Reagan and Bush #1 and Trump and the somewhat neocon Pence, but Pence is distinguished as a man of honor, a proven asset, and the two seem to genuinely like and trust each other. Pence was also Trump’s selection - not the Party’s, so, for these reasons I am more optimistic about Pence.
Trump has vowed to protect America from illegal immigration....
Reagan didn’t have Facebook or Twitter at his disposal. I suspect he would have used them too, maybe a bit more eloquently, but with equal effect.
Very well written, Laz. I hope you don’t mind if I send it on to other like-minded folks in my e-mail list.
Well said
We can be purists about our conservatism and lose the country or we can safe the country and then work on the conservatism
Excellent!
This is my second submission.