Posted on 07/13/2009 11:05:07 AM PDT by SpaceDragon
No, and we should stop looking. Reagan was almost 30 years ago, we didn’t get Reagan by searching for Ike, and we’re not going to get the next great GOPer looking for Reagan.
to post 2 - Perfect reply.
I’m glad you spoke up and asked. There will never be another Reagan but take heart there are other Conservatives out there with the same ideals and courage that he had, Sarah namely. :) I turned 18 during the disatorous Carter years so I know exactly what you are feeling. It made me a lifelong conservative and I’m sure many of your generation the same will happen to them. Reality is a powerful teacher!
What we are going through now is not what Reagan faced.
The globalists and bankster wackos are much more corrupt and powerful than they were when Reagan came along. I think they control the US Presidents now with threats to use their power to bring the nation economically, to it’s knees, if demands are not met. These folks pick our candidates for us. They did not pick Palin...hence the demonization of her. They did pick McCain and Obama. Romney is a trustworthy globalist “citizen of the world” too.
By the time Obama is out of office, I suspect the US will be totally entwined in formal operations of global governance. He will begin by placing economic planning and regulation under the IMF through the Fed.
About you worrying...you are only eighteen years old and your generation is going to live in a different world than did your parents and grandparents. It is what it is so you need to learn about it and prepare yourself for it. Worrying is wasted energy...plotting and planning to rescue the constitution and Republic is the way to use your energy.
Politically, in general, look to actively support people who the corporate media, Democrats and Rinos hate. They Americans they snort at...make fun of as being “stupid” or a “hater” when that makes no sense.
We belong to a very different culture than the one he knew, to a very different society than the one placed him in office 1980 and again in 1984.
Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama are the MTV generation presidents.
I was not talking about Reagan as a man (I don’t think a mediocre actor is gonna solve our problems this time), but I was talking about Reagan’s qualities of genuine humor in the most serious situations (not Obama’s staged stand up)that humanized and gave the nation a sense of optimism, and his attitude of not taking any bs that instilled fear in the enemy. These are ideal qualities for a president, especially the latter.
When Reagan was inaugurated, the Iran Hostage Crisis ended. Why? Cause they knew they were dealing with somebody as crazy as they were! They knew he probably would have said, “Fire up the bombers.”
He had the balls to walk out of Reykjavik instead of meeting Soviet demands to stop Star Wars. That’s who we need in office!
But Reagan’s qualities were still those of 30 years ago. It’s a different world now. And one of the constant hits on the GOP is that we’re always living in the past, and our hunt for the next Reagan is hurting us.
There were a lot of reasons the Iran Hostage Crisis ended when it did, and there’s a good chance that some of them do not compliment Reagan’s character though that part of the story is still a little foggy.
We don’t have a Soviet style enemy currently. Yet another reason why we shouldn’t be looking for the next Reagan, yes he was great for winning the Cold War against an enemy with a face and some capacity for logic and reason. You can’t stare down a faceless enemy that worships blood though.
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