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Ronald Reagan Quote
2003
| Ronald Reagan
Posted on 02/21/2014 6:02:26 PM PST by Innovative
Ronald Reagan on the importance of political compromise (in his own words)
An American Life (his autobiography) | 8/7/03 | Ronald Reagan
Posted on 8/7/2003 2:05:04 PM by Diddle E. Squat
"When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it.
"Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything.
"I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: 'I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.'
"If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.
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To: Innovative
Ronald Reagan was a great man. Not a surrender monkey like you. KMA!!
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:23:34 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Innovative
But all I did was post Ronald Reagans own words. OUT...OF...CONTEXT!
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:23:40 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Innovative
Ronald Reagan also had a quote about not having fought for so hard and so long, only to surrender to the liberals in our own party. I couldn’t find it just now, but I’ll bet someone will in due time.
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:28:18 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Cyber Liberty
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:30:40 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
To: Fledermaus; Jim Robinson
To: Fightin Whitey; Innovative
Neglected to ping you on Post #25.
To: Innovative
To save time, why not just tell us your point?
What “compromise” are you wanting to win us to?
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:40:15 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
To: Innovative
Good point. Do you know what it means? You can honestly say that Republicans haven't been right about anything in 26 years? Elected Republicans haven't given Republican voters one little scrap.
Why in your opinion do conservatives always have to compromise, but Democrats never have to?
I think you confused some definitions. Compromise does not man surrender.
To: Innovative
Gotta hand it to you. You really have a charming way of convincing people. Exactly like your ilk in the GOPe! Keep it up.
IBTZ
To: Innovative
Can you come out from behind the curtain and answer a question honestly? Why would you be a Republican if you think Republicans are bad guys and always wrong?
To: Innovative
When you're looking to negotiate a compromise with the opposition, you should have a strong negotiator who is actually working for your side.
Then, a half way compromise may actually be workable.
If you send someone who for all practical purposes is a fan of the opposition (John McCain for example) what kind of "compromise" can you expect?
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:44:57 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Innovative
When you're looking to negotiate a compromise with the opposition, you should have a strong negotiator who is actually working for your side.
Then, a half way compromise may actually be workable.
If you send someone who for all practical purposes is a fan of the opposition (John McCain for example) what kind of "compromise" can you expect?
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:44:57 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Innovative
If you get nuked, I won't weep. You are a liberal thorn in the side of conservatives.
/johnny
To: Innovative
You are a useful idiot. IBTZ. Nothing but troll
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:51:33 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
To: ansel12
Still looking. Here’s one, but it’s not the one I’m looking for:
I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, ‘We must broaden the base of our party’- when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents
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posted on
02/21/2014 6:54:00 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Innovative
I dont know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, We must broaden the base of our party when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.
Ronald Reagan, CPAC 1975
To: Innovative
The difference between Reagan and your boot licking pice of Texas dirt Cornyn is that Mr. Reagan had principles from which he never walked back. Cornyn is a sleazy jerk who loves the power that being in DC gives him. Reagan never cared who got the credit. Cornyn only cares about getting the credit.
You best bet at this point buck is to give it up
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posted on
02/21/2014 7:00:11 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: Innovative
No we are ALL calling you a RINO and lying slime bucket to go with it.
You are no conservative. Why you are even on this site is beyond me. The fact that you think Cornyn is something other than the simpering pig at the tough is laughable
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posted on
02/21/2014 7:02:33 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: Innovative
you have respect for no one
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posted on
02/21/2014 7:03:44 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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posted on
02/21/2014 7:05:46 PM PST
by
onyx
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