"The personal attacks against me during the primary finally became so heavy that the state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson, postulated what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. It's a rule I followed during that campaign and have ever since."
Reagan actually broke that promise when he ran against PresFord for the GOP nomination in 1976. Reagan criticized Ford during the primary season, and right up through and including the GOP convention. Reagan was a gentleman and he wanted everyone to like him, but when the chips were on the table, Reagan was a tough SOB. Ford found that out in 1976. George Bush found out how tough Reagan was in the 1980 campaign for President.
I am jst sick and tired of being basically told I cannot disagree with the POTUS on anything or else I am somehow disloyal or not patriotic. I voted for the man. Twice. In a race between him and Hitlery I might not even stay home, and go ahead and vote for him again unless he has amnestied all the G.D. illegals by that time.