This has to be old.
I ran across this while googling ...its applicable to the Bush hatred from the right ..." He is not a REAL consevative!"...well neither was Reagan . They are called Presidents and Presidents cannot be PURE . But thanks God we have had them, both Bush and Reagan
When did Reagan write the law that raised taxes?
What a hoot. I want more "liberals" like President Reagan.
That is because Ronald Reagan never consulted with astrologers and was not fixated on biblical doom.
I know the tone of this will sound conspiratorial, but wasn't most of his backing away from his ideas of cutting, after he was nearly assassinated? He had to rely on Wobbly Sr for a lot I am sure, and coming close to death will change anyones outlook and fervor.
John Adams had the 'Sedition Act' laws.
Thomas Jefferson bought the 'Louisiana Territory'....(and people telling him that it was Un-Constitutional and a waste of money).
Lincoln led the Nation in a Civil War...and did away with 'habeus corpus'.
...and yet....each of these men were Great Presidents.
When I see articles like this posted on FR...and the ranting and raving by those who appreciate GWB and those who don't...I'm reminded that,sometimes, Conservatives are so damn miopic that they are incapable of realizing the truth...(and so damn anal retentive that they MUST act like those idiot asswipes over at D.U.).
Trying to compare Reagan and GWB is not possible. It's the 'apples and oranges' thing.
Reagan MADE Conservatism a valid political force in this Nation. After the mental depression of the Carter years....he brought back pride in our Nation..and a will to look forward to our better times to come...rather than to the past. He was not perfect...and he did some things that were not conservative..but so what. It's just the anal retentive's who carp about his Presidentcy long after the fact.
GWB had 9/11. After that day he had gone after Terrorism....and kept at it no matter how many Conservatives tell him that he's not doing it right. He has rolled back taxes...and has steadfastly tried to make those tax-cuts permanent. He has had failures....but so what. It is again those same anal-retentive idiot types who slam Reagan....pointing out the slightest fault in GWB's Presidentcy.
We have the sons and daughters of our Nation...on the 'front-line' fighting for our Freedoms....and backing them up we have the solid mass of Conservatism..ranting and sniping at each other.
Kinda makes ya proud....doesn't it??
redrock