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Michael Reagan: The GOP Should Dump Its 'Litmus Test'
Front Page Magazine ^
| Feb 16, 2007
| Mike Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, heard on more than 200 talk radio stations
Posted on 02/16/2007 8:30:44 AM PST by meg88
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To: zbigreddogz
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:36:39 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
("With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?")
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Maybe so, but you implied that Michale Reagan was promoting Giuliani for that reason.
Nothing of the sort was ever implied.
Context is everything. If my theory about the intended purpose of this article is incorrect, please explain the real reason.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:37:00 AM PST
by
freedomfiter2
(Duncan Hunter: pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-border control, pro-family)
Comment #243 Removed by Moderator
To: onyx
Hillary and the dems are the focus, after the primary. This is the time to fight for the soul and direction of the GOP as a party. The choice is stark. Veer left, or re-establish the bedrock conservative principles.
244
posted on
02/16/2007 9:37:59 AM PST
by
pissant
To: Scarchin
LOL.....the FR poll does not represent anything but FR thought...and then only those that vote....there is no statistical basis to compare the 2
To: JCEccles
The country as a whole was (and is) more conservative than California. It was a natural shift for Reagan to move hard to the right when he moved up to the presidency. Romney has a similar opportunity. Of course, Reagan proved his stripes over two decades, not two months. Didn't have nearly as far to move as Romney, either.
246
posted on
02/16/2007 9:38:18 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
("With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?")
To: areafiftyone
What is called moderate in 2007 would have been considered loony liberalism in 1977 and would only have been advocated by disciples of Leon Trotsky or Joe Stalin in 1947.
To: meg88
Ronald Reagan had one litmus test he applied to candidates. Were they Republicans? If they were he backed them all the way. He would let the party choose the candidate and he would support and vote for the candidate. He didnt go sniffing around trying to find some flaw in their character or their past. Once nominated, they were his choice.
Ronald Reagan also coined the phrase: "I didn't leave the Democratic party, the Democratic party left me."
If the Republicans leave conservatives behind, we'll just do what Ronald Reagan did, I guess.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:38:29 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("For some, the conservative constituency is an inconvenience. For me, it's my hope" -Duncan Hunter)
To: MilesBennell
Reagan ran against Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination in 1976.
249
posted on
02/16/2007 9:38:46 AM PST
by
garv
(Conservatism in '08 www.draftnewt.org)
To: spikeytx86
Why do I think some of those here who so demand a strict "Reagan Conservative" were probably bad mouthing the man while in office.People here do not remember how viciously many conservatives absolutely trashed Reagan.
To: meg88
So,
"The democrats don't have litimus tests"?Oh really? Yep, lots of anti-abortion democrats on the national scene! /s
251
posted on
02/16/2007 9:39:21 AM PST
by
stockstrader
("Where government advances--and it advances relentlessly--freedom is imperiled"-Janice Rogers Brown)
To: BonnieJ
i wouldn't consider third party EVER. i have been as vociferious about unappeasables, in the past, as the most strident rudy booster here. But this is the primary, and rudy is an extremely flawed candidate who, IMO, is no leadpipecinchlock against hillary, and i do NOT want him as the republican nominee.
252
posted on
02/16/2007 9:39:31 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Hydroshock
What teh American people turned against was the corruption, the spending and they are tired of the war. I totally agree with that - they did turn against that. But they also were sick and tired of the extremist attitude of the social conservatives. The my way or the highway - no compromise and everyone else is a RINO crowd. That turns off many voters. The Democrats were smarter - saw the dissatisfaction and used it against us.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:39:36 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
To: freedomfiter2
This is just another attempt to force a decision not made by the voters down our throats.
How true, the GOP eleetist are at work as I've never seen them in years.
254
posted on
02/16/2007 9:39:51 AM PST
by
buck61
To: areafiftyone
Apparently the 2006 election did not make a dent in your brain. The U.S. has turned more moderate - not liberal, not conservative but more moderate in their voting!
No it was the GOP becoming more liberal in actual policy that pushed the moderates to vote Dem. The independents usually vote Dem if there is no compelling difference.
255
posted on
02/16/2007 9:39:54 AM PST
by
freedomfiter2
(Duncan Hunter: pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-border control, pro-family)
To: pissant
256
posted on
02/16/2007 9:40:23 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: areafiftyone
Giuliani was a good mayor. Maybe the people in NY think they shouldn't have guns, I disagree and can live somewhere else. If guns are taken away everywhere then I can't go somewhere else to have a gun.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? NYers can have guns and they had them when Rudy was mayor! I know quite a few people who had guns then and still have them. HANDGUN LICENSING INFORMATION FOR NYC
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I only meant that some issues are more important as a presidential candidate than as a mayor.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:40:28 AM PST
by
JAKraig
(Joseph Kraig)
To: xsmommy
I read the entire polling in pdf file. I didn't find paerticulaely telling.
I think it showed more of an open-mindedness than a dissatisfaction with the current candidates.
I for one, would have answered "more" because I can't see a downside to having more candidates.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:40:39 AM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: onyx
well that poll, in combination with my anecdotal evidence of the people that i talk to, leads me to a different conclusion.
259
posted on
02/16/2007 9:41:53 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: pissant
Had Reagan jumped on his bandwagon with vigor from day one, instead of making Ford seem very, very small, he would have won. Please don't blame Reagan.
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:41:59 AM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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